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New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
GLEASON ACCUSES A POLICEMAN
SAYS A FORMER PROTEGE ASSAULTED AND
INSULTED HIM

Il put this Downey on the force, ana TOT
years he has been my lackey, and now. TO thnk
that ne should have raised his hand against me
said Patrick j. Gleason ex-Mayor of Long Island
City. in appearing yesterday before Police Com
missioner Abell who conducting police trials
in the Borough Hall to complain against Sergeant
Patrick Henry Downey. of the Astoria Precinct
Gleason declared that he had his battle axe
out for Downey and would not lay 1t aside until
he had punished the officer for alleged assault.
not to say insult Gleason says that few days
ago he and a few of his friends were enjoying
quiet luncheon in his saloon when a discussion
arose. Downey who present, took part. and
It is alleged became active that he not only
struck Gleason in the breast with his fist but dared
draw his revolver well.
The ex-Mayor was not satisfied with the num-
Der of witnesses that had been summoned by In
spector Druhan. but asked that Captain John
Dougherty, Sergeant John Carroll and James Bren-
nan of the station. be called to testify
Commissioner Abell postponed the hearing until
Friday at 10 o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
MOTHER AND CHILD TO BE BURIED TO-DAY
FATALLY BURNED BY ovERTURNING OF A LAMP
FAMILY DESTITUTE.

A double funeral will take place this afternoon
at No. 423 Metropolitan-ave, when Mrs. Clara
Hearne, twenty-five years DID, and her son, Francis
aged two, will be buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Another child, Alexander four years old. is In ST.
Mary's Hospital. suffering from severe burns, but
has chance for recovery.
Mrs. Hearne the wife of William ]. Hearne
a clerk of the Nassau Trust Company, and till
Saturday night the family had lived on the second
floor Of a two story frame cottage at Woodhaven,
Long Island. On that evening she had been put
ting the chill 1ren to bed, when an oil lamp
exploded and set fire to her dress and the room.
She downstairs ming for help, and when
neighbors to her aid she cried, Don't mind
me! Save my children" The and her chill
dren taken in ambulance to St. Mary's
Hospital, where she died Sunday afternoon, and
the child Francis died Monday afternoon. On
Monday night the bodies removed the
home of Mrs Margaret Wendt of No. 423 Metro
politan-ave., the mother of Mrs. Hearne.
An appeal for aid for Mr. Hearne and his
viving child published yesterday. 1t stated
that Mrs Hearne had been in the hospital In
dangerous condition for three months. and had only
recently left there. Her sickness entailed much
extra expense that Mr.. Hearne unable to
meet II
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
CHANCELLOR MAGIE PRESIDES.
COUNSEL TO BE PREPARED BEFORE CASES
ARE MARKED READY-TRIBUTE
TO A T. MGILI.

Trenton. May Is (SpeciaD.-The May term of the
Court of Chancery opened to-day and Chan
celior Magic presided for the first time. The five
vice-chancellors accompanied him into the court
room, and they entered all the lawyers arose
and remained standing until the judges were
seated. The new Chancellor bowed In recognition.
Isaac s. Taylor, counsellor, of Jersey City, pre-
sented the resolution on the death of Chancellor
A. T. McGill which the State Bar Association
adopted in Jersey City recently. Chancellor Reed,
on behalf of the Court, presented long minute TO
the memory of the late Chancellor and together
with the series of resolutions 1t ordered spread
upon the court records.
Almost the first official act of Chancellor Magic
was to announce that cases would not be marked
ready unless counsel was prepared to argue them.
II understand, he said. that this is rule of
the court which has not been enforced, but here
after ii will be strictly observed
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
foreclosure Sales.
NEW YORK SUPREME COURT, 20

NEW YORK SUPREME COURT. County OF
~ York.-Meta sehlbach. SehIhach and
Diestel. Trustees under the VIII Of Ernst
Sehlbach deceased Plaintiffs. against Christ!aHa
and others. Defendants
IN pursuance of. Judgment OF Foreclosure
duly action bear
ing twenty-third day April 1900
signed the Referee in said Judgment named VIII
Public Auction the New York Room
No. III broadway IN the Borough OF Manhattan
New York. the seventeenth day OF Nav. 1900
that Peter E Meyer. AuctOaeer.
premises directed by said judgment be sod. and
therein described follows;
IAN that certain let piece. parcel of land situate.
living and being In the City. County and State OF New
York. known by the number West l59th
land bounded and described follows:
''BEGINN1NCs at point the Northerly side OF
Hundred and Ffty-nnth Street distant four hundred
and nineteen feet and onequarter inches (il910l
Westerly from the formed by the intersection
"ery side OF l59th Street and opposite the
'psrtywall there erected running thence Northery
''ale with Amsterdam and OF the distance
Through said partywa nneynine feet eleven inches:
thence Westerly parallel with l59th Street fourteen feet
mine inches thence Southery parallel with Amsterdam
Avenue and of the distance through the
another partywal nney-nine feet eleven inches the
''the Northerly side Street
inches TO the point Of Beginning. Together with the
''appurtesances'
Dated New York April Path. 1900.
THOMAS T. nOSNEI.I.Y. Referee
FRED. ". & ALFRED E TINRICHs,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs lis Broadway Manhattan. New
York City.
The following Is diagram OF the property be sold
described above the number being 57 West ia9h
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
SYNOPSIS OF THE EYLER CASE.
CHAIRMAN MUNGLE PREPARES BRIEF FOR COM
MITTEE's UsE-REPoRT NOT DETERMINED

CHAIRMAN MUNGLE PREPARES BRIEF FOR COM
MITTEE's UsE-REPoRT NOT DETERMINED
William Munge, chairman of the committee ap-
pointed by the last House of Assembly investi-
gate the conduct and management of the New-Jer-
sey Home for Girls at Trenton, has prepared a
synopsis of the testimony taken by the committee.
This synopsis, which about thirty typewrit-
pages. has been carefully made and is said to
present the fairly as it to the committee
through the testimony of a large number of wit
nesSes. As Mr.. Mungle is who does not
waste words. some idea of the extent OF the
stenOgraphers minutes may be had when his COM
pact epitome of it is considered 1t is expected that
this synopsis will enable the members of the COM
mittee-each of whom 1t is understood has received
a copy-rnore quickly to prepare their report than
would be possible If they had not been saved the
labor Of reading the testimony In full.
AS yet the committee has not indicated the
say that it will be based upon facts gathered
from the frequently conflicting testimony. Mr
Wakelee said yesterday that Mr. Mungle had re-
Gently asked him to day when Ii would be
convenient for him with the committee
and he had replied that he would be able do so
near the end of this week Presumably the other
members of the committee have been similarly ad-
dressed by Mr.. Mungle, and II is expected that a
meeting. with the view of preparing the report will
be held in few days. Speaking for himself Mr.
Wakelee said that he had not yet decided as to the
to concur. This, he said necessarily So as he
had not fully familiarized himself with the testi-
intentions or to his position In this connection
we're he said, entirely gratutous He had not in
would be. He added that so far the committee
had worked without clash, and he thought from
present appearances that this harmonious action
would prevail in the preparation of the committee,s
report
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
EPIsCopALIANs IN CONVENTION.
ANNUAL MEETING OF NEWARK DIOCESE OPENS
IN EAST ORANGE.

East Orange May 15 (SpeciaD.-The twenty
sixth annual convention of the Protestant Episco-
pal Diocese of Newark opened this morning IN
Christ Church, East Orange. with a celebration
of the Holy Communion The Right Rev Thomas
A Starkey bishop of the diocese, was the ceie-
brant the Rev Alexander Mann archdeac91n % OF
Newark the gospeller, and the Rev Joseph ii.
Smith of Hamburg. the epstler r.,
Bishop Starkey delivered his annual addreSS' he
referred touchingly to the losses the diocese @ had
sustained in the death of the Rev Joseph A Mock
of Jersey City, and number of the devoted lay lay
men He reviewed the mission work OF the year:
The Rev. John Keller was reelected secretary OF
the convention The Committee on ConStitutlon
and Canons was elected follows: The rev Dr.
William NJ Hughes. the Rev. Walker GWynne.
the Rev Edwin 4. White. George G. Frelinghuysen
and John B. Van Wagenen ,
The afternoon session was taken up almost en- en-,
tirely with the consideration of the report OF the
Committee on Civil Legislation. The Rev John ..
Miller of Newark reported on st. Barnabas's Hos
pital The endowment fund now amounts TO SiS-
600 There urgent need of a new mortuary
chapel. The Rev. DR.. George 5. Bennitt presented
the report of Christ Hospital of Jersey City. Dur
ing the wear there had been 1894 common patients
and I23 in the eye and department, Whlle = 100
had been discharged making a total or 4.4ll Ihe
total cost of maintenance had been S2l6S3 W ana
a new wing had been erected at a cost OF S36.oOo
The usual missionary address by the Bishop VIII
he omitted tomorrow morning, and the convention
will at take up the necessary business OF
session
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
DIOCESAN CONVENTION MEETS.

BISHOP LITTLEJOIIN APPOINTS COMMITTEES AND
READS ADDREss-OFFICERS ELECTED.
Garden City, Long Island, May Is (SpeciaD.-The
thirty-fourth annual convention OF the Episcopal
Diocese of Long Island began to-day in the Cathe-
dral of the Incarnation, Bishop Littlejohn presid-
ing The Rev. J. c. Jones resigned secretary of
the Convention. and the Rev. Robert Rogers, rec
tor of the Church of the Good Shepherd Brooklyn,
was elected 10 the vacancy. The Rev. Henry T.
Scudder of St. Stephens Church. Brooklyn. was
chosen assistant secretary, and Alexander Il. orr
treasurer Of .he Diocese. Bishop LittleJohn read
his annual address and appointed the usual COM
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
WOMAN BUILDS HER OWN HOUSE.
WITHOUT AID FROM MAN SHE PUTS ON THE ROOF
AND DIGS WELL.

Nineand, May 10 (SpeciaD.-Vineland boasts
of new woman architect and builder. She is Mrs.
Mary Mcmahon Alone and with her own hands
she has nearly finished building comfortable two
story frame house for herself at Eighth and
MontroSe Sts in the fashionable part of this city
She drew the plans for her house and unaded did
all the work. including the digging of the cellar,
the masonry the construction OF the roof and all
the plastering. She even dug her own well, slowly
removing the dirt to the surface by means of a
long ladder
Mrs. Mcmahon is skilful with the and ham
mer. and has never been known to sustain a severe
fall. although she is frequently working near
the peak OF the roof or at the gables. She walks
man. and great deal of her work is considered
equal TO that done by experienced mechanic.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16

SAY IT JARS THEIR HOUSES AND KEEPS THEM
AWkKE.

Engineer of Highways Lewis is making an in
vestigation to ascertain the extent of the damage
caused recently by the big fifteen hundred pound
machine used for cutting up asphalt in Bedford
ave. On Saturday last a gasppe was broken at
Bedford-ave. and Quincy-st., and three Italian Ia
borers in the repair gang quickly overcome
by the gas. The pipe repaired later and the
men soon recovered. There have been many COM
plants by the residents and merchants along Bed
ford-ave that the heavy knife of the machine has
Jared the dwellings. shaking down ceilings and
breaking glassware.
The racket made by the machine has caused
complaints than the damage TO prop
erty. The neighborhood is reused at o'clock in
the morning by its heavy strokes the hard
rhalt, and 1t is said that Ii Is impossible for any
within three blocks Of the knife to sleep when
night.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
REPUBLICAN, CLUBS CONSOLIDATE.
PREPARING FOR AGGRESSIVE WORK IN IsT AS
SEMBLY DISTRICT.

Signs of the times be in the way that
the Republicans dropping their temporary and
trivial differences in order unite for the m
ing campaign. This spirit is shown in the union
three Republican clubs OF the Ist Assembly Dis
trict which have rented the commodious brown
stone house at No 151 Schermerhorn-st for a club
house lease for five years having been taken on
the property.
The three clubs the Assembly District Re
publican Club. with former headquarters in Apollo
Hall, in Court-st; the Third Ward Republican Club,
Pacific and Bond SITS. and the Third Ward Repub-
lican Union No: $50 Dean-st. Prior to the election
OF officers which takes place May 2S the affairs
of the organization will be connected by a COM
mittee OF which Thomas II. Wagstaf is chairman
and Christopher J. Buckley secretary 1t is believed
that Norman S. Doke will be chosen as the first
president and David NJ. Stone the treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
NEW YORK SUPREME COURT. County =,

~ New York.-Cari Fischer. PlaintI~
yvtsdhopr and Others Defendants. 'NA
In tnIrsuance Of a Judgment OF Foreclosure
uIv made and entered In the aboveenfitled arfn as
ing date the 27h day Of April. 1900 the unda-,ts-
The Referee IN said Judgment named sell a, rr,
at New York Real
III broadway the Borough of Manhattan Civ =, 30
Work On the dag of May. 1900 II o'rISck ses
that dav by Richard V HaTnett e sI-.1n
the premises directed by said Judgment 70 be soIs
therein described follows @"1
All that certain lot piece parcel land WIZ, -,
buiIdng thereon erected situate. living and being -
Ninefeenth Ward OF the city of York EororzA ns
Manhattan bounded and described follows. %
NIS(; AT point the Southsriy OF Ssvsnfy s..,
Street distant hundred hfty fset Es..a
from the formed by the Eastery side ~ Fly
running Scutherly and parallel with Frst Av.,y
and towards end Of said lot % tho-7
party hundred and two Feet and inches =.
of the block; hence Easf~rly along
OF and parallel to seventy hfth tws5y
seven feet inches. thence Sorthery ana s..
parallel First AverTe and part Of dis,s1~s
through a party wall hundred and ana -
inches the southery side ~ ssventyhh Street s,9
thence Westerly along the Southery side Seventy
Zee; and nine inches point %
place of BEGINNING. Dated: New York April so,S
1900 GEORGE W. COTTERII-I. Referees
RICHARD DUDFNSINC+ u. Attorney for Pa'1-f- ",
156 Broadway. Borough of Manhattan. New York CIV
The following n diagram Of the property hs soii
above. The street number being ra.r
18th Street. " Y City:
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
Nan STABBED IN A HOTEL.

New-Brunswick. May Is (SpeciaD-John Peterson
was probably fatally stabbed in the hotel OF August
Rhode, at Sayreville. last night. John Hoffman,
Alexander Choinski and John Makasd were
brought before him in the Wells Memorial Hospital
here, and he named Makaski his assailant. In
his ante-mortem statement Peterson said he was
sitting with Hoffman and Choinsk in the hotel.
when Makask entered and stabbed him the
knew for his action.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
GOoDBYs TO GOVERNOR VOORHEES,
MANY PERSONS WISH HIM A PLEASANT VOYAGE
NO ACTING GOVERNOR PROBABLE

Trenton. May is (SpeciaD.-The absence of Gov
ernor Voorhees, from the country is going to be SO
brief that ii is hardly likely that there will be an
acting Governor In the interval. The Governor sug-
gested TO President Johnson of the Senate that
he be sworn in as acting Governor. but
Johnson said it was unnecessary. Instead probably
at his own suggestion, he has been armed with a
letter from Governor Voorhees, formally announc-
cling the atter's departure for Europe. etc This is
to pave the way for appointment acting Gov
ernOr should any emergency arise requiring his SER
vices in that capacity. great many persons
called uDon the Governor to-day bid him good
by and wish him a safe journey and a good time
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
INSURANCE BROKER ARRAIGNED.

John r. Heize. OF No. 147 Pacdc-st., the local
manager for Weed & Kennedy. insurance brokers'
Manhattan who was arrested Monday at the
Brooklyn Office of the firm No 1876 Montague
charged with stealing s2.9O3 80 recently was ar
raigned yesterday in the Adams-st police court
and pleaded not guilty. He bailed out in the
sum of 50 600. The adjourned TIL Tuesday
Heize, who is member of the First Ward
Republican Club, said yesterday that he would
clear away the cloud his name.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
OVERCOME BY HEAT. HE GOES INSANE

1t was said at the Eastern District Hospital last
evening. that John Hammerschaefer. who was
overcome by heat Monday. the Williams
burg Bank at Broadway and Driggs-ave.. had be-
come insane and il was necessary to transfer him
from the ward he in TO a padded cell He is
about sixty-five years old, and believed from
papers and cards in his possession, TO live at No.
25 Second-st.. Manhattan. He is not known there.
however. and last evening no information could
be obtained from him.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
HOSPITAL BOARD MEETS AGAIN.

Perth Anboy. May Is (SpeciaD.-After several in
effectual attempts the Board of Governors of the
Perth Amboy Hospital Association met last night
and transacted business. E. w. Barnes presided.
The Rev. A Hansen, j. d. Rankin j. A. Green and
$. f. Shull were elected members of the Board to
fill vacancies.
This is the first work of the kind that has been
done since the scheme build hospital tenn
porarily abandoned in 1898. Another meeting will
be held Friday to take action the membership
of the Board. The association has about s., 800 in
its treasury and the city has agreed to give site
hospital.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
CHILD SWALLOWS CARBOLIC ACID

Babylon Long Island. May 15-Cyrus Siegal eight
years old, OF Charles SiegaI, Babylon mer-
chant, is in a critical condition from taking a dose
OF carbolic acid. The child had been In the habit
OF taking medicine before retiring. and last even
ing went TO the closet get the dose got hold
of carbolic instead and drank a swallow of IL
The childs throat and neck were badly burned
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
NEW YoRk SUPREME COURT. County of

~ NV York.-Crarles Rune individually. Gustav
Schreitmille-. Individually and Mnna Ruhe. Gustav
Schreitmiler Francis H. Ruhe. executors ot ths
Francis ~ deceased. Plaintiffs against
Julia Wiedhopf and others, Defendants.
In pursuance Of Judgment % Foreclosure and Sae'
duly made and entered I'm the ab entitled acttu bear
ing date the 9th April. 1870 l. the undersisnei
the Referee In said Judgment named will sell al Fun
Auction the New Estate Sales Room No. III
broadway. In the borough ct Manhattan city OF NeN
York the 24th day MAY. 1900 l. ociock noon On
that day hy Richard V Harnst c.. Auctioneer, t9s
premises directed w said Judgment 20 be sold and therein
Described follows: -
Al that certain lot piece parcel q land with ~,
building thereon erected. and neing N
Borough OF MHnaPtten civ % New York bounded SO
souherly side ~ Seventy fth street distant w hunil
formed by the eastery side Of First Avenue and the
and parallel First and part OF the way
through party hundred and feet and tNo
inches the middle tbs block thence esstery aons
the middle block feet and nine ncns
thence northery parallel with FiTst Avenue ss
hundred feet inches the soHtherS
SeVenty-hth Street. and thence westerly along -.
side twenty seven Nss
and inches 20 the point place OF beginning
Dated: New York April S0th. isse
GEORGE W. COTTERIII% Referee
RICHARD DCDENSINGs Jr.. =.
Plaintiffs. 1856 Broadway. Borough W
Manhattan. New York City.
a diagram OF the property 20 oe 49,
above. the street number hens 4t EAST '''
Street. y. Y. City:
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16

Paterson May Is (SpecaD.-George Beddow. a
resident of Boonton, is at st. Joseph's Hospital
with bone scraper. used to cut foam from the top
saloon at Boontou yesterday with number of
companions He made bet that he could swallow
the scraper which eight inches long. He had
been drinking. and was not careful in handling the
bone 1t slipped from his grasp and lodged In his
throat An operation will have TO be performed to
remove IL BeddOw used to be a sword swallOwer.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
FOR 4 PEVISION OF THE CREED.

NASSAU PREsBYTERY DELEGATES TO GENERAL
ASSEMBLY BEARING OvERTUREs.
The Presbytery of Nassau. which for eight years
has advocated revision OF the Confession of Faith
Of the Presbyterian Church has again adopted
overtures The Rev. c. o. Gray, pastor of the
Srnithtown Church, and Elder Davis, of the Hemp
stead Church. started yesterday for the General
Assembly, at St. Louis as the bearers OF an over
ture for substitution of short and simple creed
In Mace Of the present Confession of Faith. They
believe the support Of enough Of the Presbyterans
of the United States is assured to warrant pellet
in the success of the measure
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
BARBER CUTS OFF PART OF HIS NOSE

While business dull Monday morning John
Felice, twenty years old. a barber employed by
John Ferguson, in Port Richmond Staten
Island tried shave himself He applied
the razor to his lip, but the second stroke
the blade slipped. severing about half inch
from the end Of his nose Felice made haste
with the detached portion the Office OF
DR.. ]. Walter Wood. who with the aid Of plaster
got the parts together.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
ORGANIZED TO WORK, NOT TO KICK.

The Young Mems Republican Club of the HNth
Assembly District has just been organized, and 1t
was said yesterday that it would be in the nature
of a protest against the leadership of Harry JAG
quIlard but this denied by one of the mem
bers who said:
We are not kickers, and not kicking.
What we are here is strengthen the or
ganization. We are enemies Of nobody ard we
have no enemies 1t is the duty of every one Of US
10 put in little solid work from now until election
day and If redeem the ward.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
CHILDREN FALL FROM WINDOWS.

Two children boy and girl, driven to the win
dows of their homes by the oppressive heat of yes
terday fell and received severe injuries.
Nicholas Kress eight years old, while climbing
out on the fire escape at the fourth story of his
home, No. $50 Clinton-st-. slipped and fell to the
ground. Doctors at the Long Island College Hos
pital said that the boy had received internal in
juries.
FTda Carson three years old, fell from the
fourth story window at No. 901 Thrd-ave. She
was attended by a neghboring physician, who said
that the girl was suffering from concussion of the
brain.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
TO SELECT A LIEUTENANT COLONEL.

A committee has been appointed by the officers of
the 47th Regiment 10 select a candidate for lieu
tenant colonel and as soon as they have made
their report election will be called. Captain
Henry c. Barthnan IS chairman of the committee
II is believed that Major II. II. Quick will be the
unanimous choice of the regiment.
Captain Hervey c. Lyons, who sent In his resg-
nation on account OF fancied slight from Colonel
EDDY has reconsidered his action and withdrawn
the paper On May "a the officers of the 47th Regi
nenf will hold their annual dinner.