EIJOL'. 3'waj & 30th st. Mat. S»t. on'" „\u25a0 . ."TTLAST WEEK- 1m ivltv'*

MAYIRWIJVBROADWAY £?%\u25a0&* ViA.U^iTHHa«A?*^aSfef A-T^Wr^c/vsji\o: j :7^oG

AETHi3t:

PRINCESS CHIC!1 suc cess.»

CARNEGIE LYCEUM.F^^ftTMajor J. B. Por.-i announces the thtrt

BEifr? ERNEST SETON-TKOMPfm'*Wild Animals 1 Have !*let."

Reserverl Seats. $1.00. Children Ha.. Price,

CARXE V.IE HALL."—"—

i Weal. Aft- Keh'v -\. %t ~.->n.PROGRAMME.

"-"*

Boston !BgSFgSi g^Sa %5RSymphony -cgc^-^jjjuggOrchestra \ eanan t*^eS. J^ a-*a -*-

Soloist.Madame Sembrich

Thar*. Eve., Kch'i 22. at «.««_, _ . - PROGR.'.MmS *»•».

Mr.Gencke Overtir^. "KSa*L«tf-Conductor KV^lJg»®

XoViln">;BEETHOVEX - ST=sS^rSoloist:

IMiss Leonora JacksoaTickets SVSO to 75c. Now on sale at b^x oß*,mLTy.«on s .sih Av^ Hotel) at regqlar prices. Aim.S*7ti

«\u25a0« \u25a0 au>i:r, ii:iiall."

TPHILURHOHIB "society OF HE» mEMU. '""

"2 P-Vit'sa Condn«Frt Feb. 1«. a> 2P. M. Sat.. Feb. lV'aj S

*p?*?*Soloist! M.VLADIMIR DE PACHM\VXProgram: Overture. "Cortolanus." Bee"hoven; --. I.tlons on a Theme by HayIn. Brahn.«: Concerto i'-r Pl»i

T"sCHArKOwlkTChOPln: 3TMPHO-NY NO ** wanaTickets at Carnegie Hall. Tyson"» aad Hallajaa*!.

8 VPSTIIII9 4th Aye *2M- ItTaTLYCEUMMATINEES THLKSDAT4!at'^.''CHARLES :-ROrfllA.\ PHESEJfij*

The Surprises of Love.

RBI V'C B-way A 3T)th St An.*DULY W Ka)Frohm,n £*«*

success was in argument for the -,_^_

the drama."— World.\u25a0 • •-"\u25a0' I

"Play realized highest expectatloni.— An •»_rtinary caft."— Journal. «w««t.

THE AMBASSADOR

IMART MANN-

HORNICK. AI.ISOvS^?|-WORTH. BEATRICE MORGtS S^MASON. CHARLES WAt/TVr WM rrsrSS 1NAY AND EDWARD MORGAN v--»CBTI.v--»CBTl.

QVmnscincms.

fITZGEJVA^131 BROADWAYI 688 BROADWAY7^ S.XTH^^JL

HAMILTON'S230 st.*on, at.Boy Trunks Where

Tnmks Are *,««8 TEARS' OTABiv.-.

*rnlP

- \u2666• THE WOBiD V* WAX.i »Sf£E> _New Groups T>-<!ayI MI'SEE. I The Wonderful CIVEMATOORA7H. •

\u25a0* +• Hear th» N>^p~-:itan Orrfatetra.ai=a'AjL. THEATRE. B-»av 4 2StS St

**J/Wj' Evks.. s:ls. Man Tv-Jay 4 S«J^ 2^lM'LLE FIFIWITH GREAT CAST.

\u25a0

'iRA\n (UFMVnniH \u25a0sfJsjse tto-*sjOPERA 3nLN«-\iIUU/\n Oreh.soe..Bal.:ScHOUSE. I 26S PEOPLE. 50 HORSES.

"WRECKERS THINK IT POSSIBLE TO

TAKE OFF HER CARGO— CAPTAIN'

AND CREW ASHORE.

East Moriches. Long Island, Feb. 13.—A survey

and sounding outside the bottom of the steamer

Gate City this afternoon showed the wreckers thatnothing can be done to save the boat. Her cargo

can be saved by being landed on the beach at low

tide. To float the ship would cost. It Is said,

tnany times what she la worth.Captain Googins and his men were brought

ashore at 2 a. m. In the breeches buoy by the lifepaver6. Captain Googlns came ashore after all hisram had been landed.

The steamer at 11:25 a. m. was making easyweather. She was still broadside on. but wasrolling little in her bed anil not leaking any."Wrecking tugs are anchored offshore. The wind•was from the south-southwest, blowing a lightgale.It was raining and thick. The steamer had beenforced highup on the beach.

The following telegram was received by theagents in this city of the Savannah Line yester-day morning from the master of the vessel. Cap-

tain Googlns:

Ship broadside on the beach. Southeast gale andheavy sea. Ship is pounding heavily. Myself andcrew landed at 2 a. m. Wreckers stillon board.

President John Epan of the company leftthe city for the scene of the wreck on the 8:25a. m. train yesterday. At the office of the Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company it was said that thewreckers were unable to do anything because ofthe storm.

nerair l^fi?«^ D̂avid Bslasco's 2^^IfSZLNAUGHTY AMTHOIiYw^^^«V£r? m IJAMES K.HACKETTIggHOI"i:.

'in RUPERT OF HENTZAr. ,«attJ.

HAMMERSTEINS VICTORI4 Las* 2 Weeta.l"iSt By A7th Aye. 'ICIUM.i. Mai. S*C»

fitItIS AM) THE AVO.XDERFT.L> LAMP.

• THE TRACT SOCIETY'S BOOKS.IRVI2VG n.*CE THEATRE. sl»t £*-

\u25a021 week j "VI. ICH WIF.DERKAJ."great hit. I Sequel to "At the White Hors« Tavern.

rfV*B«5*1*'^*\ Cnnilnnno« Perfnrmanct.V"II&3 ?4 MVIUK DRESSIER.j\blISi V Mil. * MRS. KOYLE.

Walton's Dor* and Monkeys, Mortoa,•.«i» A Ryan. Biograph. >rllie Walter*.

KNICKERBOCKER. Evg?..S:2o. Mat.-

'.: .5:11

.V. C. GOODWIN I USSSSMAXINEELLIOTT \™Ri?TV^l*

EXTRA MATINEE WASHINGTO.VS EIRTHI>AT.

v™£? ROUMD NEW YOKh 3 \-^x.With FOI'GERE and The Great LAFAYETTE.

METROPOLITAN OPERA HOISE.GRAND OPERA SEASON > - ->•

Under the Direction of MR. MAURICE GRACSPECIAL NOTICE.

Madame Sfcmbrich is sufTering fr^ni a s?!?^ i-taolofinfluenza and will be unable to str.g to-ciarht. The -ii

ailment are therefore regretfully cotr.yeile-i to c-.ar.js titorera for this evening to Bizefs

CARMEN.»ith Mm". Zfiie <Se I^issan. Baienrelster. Van Ctattrs*and Cl^mer.tin* d* Vere; MM. £alignac. Devriesi 3u%i)ufriche. Queyla ar.d Plancon.

Contfuetor Sl^. Mar:•\u25a0

Persons having purchased seats for "La Travlata" eaahave them chinseJ or the money refuu '.*•'. by appijUHat the Box Office.

Frl. TETg F»b. 18. st v LOHENGRIN. MaaxSSMaEam*>3 an.J Schumann-Heink; MM. Van Dyci. Bawaßland Ed. de Reszke. __._^»

Sat. Mat.. Feb. 17. at 1:30—Vim MEISTERStNGSS.MUM. Garfs'ict and Sohumann-Heir.k: MM. VaS *00».Bertram. Friedrtchs. Bars and Dippel. _.

Sat Kvg. Feb. 17. at •*. at popular prtres— RIGOLETTuMm*?. Sembrich an.l MantelU: MM. Saligr.ac Devrlei is*tiotti.

Sun. Ev'ir. Feb. 1«. at 8:15, Grand Popo!»r Concert.Soloists: Mtnea. Emma Kamea and Schumann-HecEMM. Van Pyck. Campanarl and Plancon. tcjether w»Met. Op. Orchestra. Conductor. Slgr. MaucinellL ._

Mon Eve.. Feb. «>. at !*—LES HUGUENOT3. «=**NV.rdica and Sembrich; MM. Plppe!. Plancon. TAr aSSS*in Resske.

Tues. Evg.. Feb. ji> at 3:30 precisely. Ftrrt'<lr>r«SSS

of first cycle of Der Ring dcs Nlbalunfsen— DAS RHSI>-GOLD. Mmes. Marie Er»na, Soaan 3tring T*^>Olitzka and Schumann-Helnk; VSL Van t>yck. Dt>'!iFr!e>!riohs. Muhliiann, Prlngle. 11. rvvries. Breuer •»Van Roov. Conductor. Paur.

Wei Kvp. Feb. 21. a: S—TANNHAVSER. JtlS»>•Terninii. olltzka and Susan Strons:: MM. Dtppcl, B«rtr»aand Planqon. _

Thurs. XvX.. Feb. Z2, at 7 precisely. Swnd -'-luiaWßOf n-st cycl- of ivr Rtnc a-* Nlhelunjten—Dlß »Al*-KtTEKE. Mmes. Nonlica. Schonaom-Hrtll*. '^"^'Pevny. Bauerrretster. Van Cauteren. Bouton. Moli»-I>-X"l.c<r. Broadtoot ard T^rn.na: MM. Van Dy>.k. -*le»asVan ROOT. Ct»<lMCtf«r. Paur.

WEPKR PIANOS I'SET>.

SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.San Francisco. Feb. 13.—The official closing quo-

tations for mining stocks to-day were as lows;

Alia "l Kentuckj Con 01Alpha Con "- Lad) Wash Con WiAndes OSjMextcan -J»Belcher 21 Occidental Con 11llest & Belcher 14|Ophlr r>7Bullion 034 Overman *n>Caledonia '\u25a0'<'< !Potosl \u25a0_•.Challenge Con 201Savage- 11Chollar 1" Sag Belcher •>!ConfUlet.ee TS|sSerra Nevada v,4

on in! A Va 1.3." Standard 2.50Con \u2666rial 01,Syndicate or.Crown Point 10 St l^nii? SIGould & Curry . .1! Union Con .... 2SHale & Norcrosi 3t>. Ct.ih Con usJnlia 021 Yellow Jacket itJUStire OS

Steamers Yemaasee, for Philadelphia: Helioa CGeri.

Flustrne- Wiltkommen <Ger>. Bremerhaver. : Jefferson,

Norfolk ani Newport News; El Pas-.. New-Orleans:Lackawanna IBr>. Liverpool: Harald iSot), Inagua. etc:Trojan Prince (Bri, Genoa, etc; Shawmut; Tallahassee.Savannah; City of Philadelphia. Baltimore.

THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.FOREIGN PORTS.

Liverpool. Feb 12—Arrived, steamers Lake Ontario ißn.

Carey: 13th. Strabo- (lir>, Jardlne. New-York for Man-

Hull. Feb—

Arrived, steamer Ohio (Br). Hadaway.New-York.

I^lth, Feb 13— Arrived, steamer Critic (Br). Griffin.

Brow Head. Fab 13—Passed, steamer

"—**"City

(Br> Lang. New-York for Bristol.Bremen Feb 11

—Sailed, steamer Munehen (Ger), Traue.

New-York (and passed Lizard 13thi.Amaterdam. Keb 13

—Arrived, steamer Ocean CDutchi.ra?.«en!>. Sew V rs

Lisbon. Feb—

Arrived, steamer Dona Maria (Porti,

Jensen. New -York via Azores.Gibraltar, Fell 13. 3 a m

—Arrived, steamer Werra (Ger*.

Weyer. New-York for Naples and Genoa iamT proceeded! ;

12th. 4 pm. sailed, Ems (Ger>. Harrassowltz. from Genoaand Naples for N«w-York.

St Michael's. F»b 7—7—

Sailed, steamer Neustrla iFri. Sa-gola from Marseilles, etc. for New-York.

(>eni^a. Feb 11. Tarn -Arrive1. steamer Kaiser W.hel.n II(Ocr), Hoffmann. New-York via Naples,

Naples Feb 12—

Arrived, steamer Spartan Prince (Br>.Adamson. New-York via Genoa, etc.

Naples. F»b 10 -Sailed, steamer Chateau Yquem (Fr),

Berries. New-York.Palermo. Feb 7—7

—Sailed, steamer Pawnee <Br), Cart-

wrißht. New-York.Rio Janeiro. Feb 11

—Arrived, steamer Roman Prince

(Br) Millan, JJ«w-TorkPara. Feb 12

—Arrived, steamer Horatio (P.r>. Torque,

New-York, via Barbados.Bahla. Feb

—Sailed, steamer Bejanooh (Bn. Robertson

(from ltio Janeiro eto». New-York.St Lucia Fel> 12

—Sailed, steamers Chaiicr Br>, Ru*

sell (from New irk), Montevideo, etc; Sobralense (.80.Murray (from Par* >, New-York.

PORT OF NEW-YORK—TUESDAY. FEB. 13. 1900.

ARRIVED.

Steamer Bovic (Br). Liverpool February 3- wlth "ids*and 3 cabin passengers to the White Star Line. Arrivedat the Bar at 4:SO p m.

Steam«T Werkendam (Dutch>.. Bniln*ma. RotterdamFebruary 1 and Boulogne 2, with mdse. Icabin and XXIuteeragre passengers to the American Line. Ar-rived at the Bar at 10:30 p m. 12th.

Steamer Noordland (Belt?). Losewitz. Antwerp February3, with m.lse and passengers to the International Naviga-tion Company. South of Fire Island at 11:05 p m.

\u25a0 Steamer Philadelphia, Chambers. Fuerto Cabello Feb-ruary 2. Curacao 4. La Guayra B. Ponce 7 and San Juan8. with mdse and 27 cabin passenscers to Boulton. Bliss

& Da'.lett. Arrived at the liar at 4:40 r mSteamer Havana. Stevens. Havana February 10. with

tndeo and 84 cabin passengers to Jame» B Ward & Co.Arrived at the Bar nt 10:30 a m.

Steamer Cor.fho. Risk. Galve.*ton February 8 and KeyWest 10. with mdse to C H Mallory& Co.

Steamer El Pud. Hl(reln». New-Orleans. February $>.\u25a0with md«* to J T Van Sickle.

Steamer Excelsior. JlinH New-Orlear.s February ••with lac to J T Van Sickle.

Steamer Kansas City. Flsh»r. Savannah February 11,

I withmdM and passengers to Ocean Steamship Company.Steamer Hamilton, Coai. Norfolk and .Newport News.

!with m'sp and passengers to Old Dominion .Steamship

Steamer Wordsworth (Helg". Graham. Rio Janeiro Jan-!uarv 23. Barbados February 4 and St Lucia «. withcoffee.1 18 cabin and SO Meeras* passengers to Bosk & Jevons.

Arrived at the Bar at 9 p m.i Steamer IJverno (Gen. Wa'.lis. Rio Janeiro January 25.Iwith coffee to Funch. F.dye & iv, Arrived at the Bar at

6'fandy" Hook. S J. Keb 13. 9:30 p m—Wind northwest;strong breeze; clear.

SAILBP.

SHIPPING NEWS.

"AmnGcim-nt-5.

Mr. Marsh's grievances are pretty well under-\u25a0 Stood by this time by the people familiar with the

Tract Society. He has no right to see the books.His being a life member simply allows him the

\u25a0 right to have gratis $1 worth of tracts a year.Tiiere is do secrecy about the annual meeting of'the Tract Society. Itis always held in the lectureroom of Dr. Parkhiirst's church, and the publichas always been welcome. It is regularly adver-tised in "The American Messenger" and in the localnewspapers. Th<- accounts of the American TractSociety are duly audited by official accountants,end they are at ail times in fir.-: class order. The

• Tribune had a correct statement with reference to\u25a0 the animus on the part of Mr. Marsh. Ido not

vrieh to advertise- Mr.Marsh any further.

The treas jrf-r's book? show that Mr. Marsh isIndebted to the American Tract Society for officerent for the Months of January. February, Marchand April. IM§. Mr.Marsh occupied an office in thebigbuildingat Nassau and Spruce sts., untilAprillast, when he asked for an adjoining unoccupiedoffice at half the schedule rates. He was flatly re-fused by the agent. Mr Gold \u25a0

There is a mortgage- of H.2001000 on the buildingat Nassau and Spruce Bts., and the rentals lackabcut 130,000 at the present time- of meeting theinterest and fixed charges. Dr. Shearer says thatby the close of the next fiscal year the buildingwill be yielding a profit, as the unoccupied officesare gradually fillingup. The society recently sentout appeals for subscriptions to clear off its float-ing debt of $200,000. and Mr. Marsh's attempt toembarrass the society at this time is cited by thefriends of the organization as proof that he is anenemy rather than a friend.

JIB. MARSH WANTS NOTICE OF COMING

MEETING— ASK FOR SPECIAL

COMMITTEE.

Eamuel Marsh, a lawyer, of No. 18 John-st.. and alife member of the American Tract Society, follow-ing up his declared intention of securing an in-

tpection of the books of the society, on Monday\u25a0wrote, to General O. O. Howard, president of thecociety, asking that he may have due notice of theforthcoming meeting of the society. inorder that hemay move for the appointment of a committee toexamine into Its financial condition. Mr. Marsheay= that Secretary Shearer failed to send himnotice of the last annual meeting. Ifhe Is accordeda hearing at the meeting he says he intends to "askan appointment of a special committee to examinethe books of the society, and shall also endeavor to

ascertain the sentiment of the members of thesociety as to the employment of eminent counsel bythe society to defend an application to the courts

for a mandamus to compel the society to allow itsbooks to be examined by a member."

Mr.Marsh says that he has prepared the papersUse such an application, but, somewhat doubtingthe power of the Supreme Court to grant such anorder, he has determined to await the productionof further affidavit? and delay action until afterthe annual meeting. Mr. Marsh says that he hasno hostility to the society, and if its finances havebeen conducted -with businesslike prudence he willbe glad to be Informed of the tact. He closes byesying:

Ido rot accuse Dr. Shearer of peculation. Mydesire is that the society, freed from all suspicion,'shall obtain the 1200.000 which it seeks from per-sons philanthropically Inclined, that it may be ablemore effectually to continue its work.

When Dr. George L.Shearer, financial secretary

of the society, was seen last night at his house in

East Flfty-fourth-st. he said:

REPORT OF "FAKE" LEGACY DENIED.

IMl'lllI. THEATRE. P way ani 40th stMATINEES TO-DAT ANP SATURPAT.

"Another Empire Success." I'harles Frohman.S.z™:.m BROTHER OFFICERS.

FS.H-. CRITERION THE&TRE M'?•£? V!TNext Matinee Saturday at 2:1.V

NO WEDNESDAT MATINEE THIS WEEK.

MAUDE ADAMS 1 THE LITTLE MINISTER.gabkick ™^J?f S2SW&SB3XTRA MATINEE WASHINGTON'S BIRTHVVm. Gillette xiS V:», Sherlock Holmes.\u25a0M/tni^nN THEATRE. Bway .* 24th st..l/\UlaUl> 51^, evw, B:Sa Matinees 2:15.

MATINEES TO-DAY AND SATURDAY.v"hv"

Coralie & Co. Dressmakers.OAHDKJI THKATKE. 27th st.

*Madison aye.

Last 4 Nights l^ist Matinee Saturday.

MRS. LANGTRY!THE DEGENERATESFeb. HK.4KTS AUK TRI'MPS.

ACADBMT OF MUSIC. uth St. a Jrvlns i'U.«Matinee Wa»hinirton"» Birthday

"WAY DOWN EAST."Prices 2&-Cft-T&~1.00. Mats. To-<lajr *a»t. 2 Ev«.. Sl».

AMERICAN Ud *Bth Ay*. Eres.. »*\u25a0AlflCKlCAll outU So. Op, CVv. Mat To-day.MAKITAJIAr

K«xt W««k -TUU MASCOT. All StAr Out

METROPOLITAN ,$iSSst±2s&*EDW. E. RICE TESTIMONIAL

Peats on sale. Prices, J-5O to 50c. _UHDDIV HILL THEATRB 421 St. * L*x" A*

Week-TUX PRIVATE SEIKETAftV^MK>TIKI>SOII^ HAH.. MR. GEOBGB

GROSSMITHIIVMOROIS \\l>*>llSli\l. IVVIJ.

KVENINtiS—Feb. 21. 23 Az\d at S:li

Presenting an entirely r.ew programme. tnoludiSJ

"AWFUL BORES" o

_MENDELSSOHN HALL. Thurs. Aft.. Feb. 1\ •« *nnii

ytal IAnton Van Rooy

Baritone of the Maurice Grau Ore™ io.11. in nn «•\u25a0\u25a0 n<"'«lrr

-X** *<M!.- $1

'*»E NEW YORKg^l^^S^

BROAD\VA\ to TOMO i ,t,t Matme^,

riran.*. y/'^;^SAM A KITTIS MORTON UILUAM> at I—

s^T. VALENTINE AT FIVE POINTS MIS'iiAv i>,K,,,,. nth and 13t!\. from If *".„-_

t0 t«> p m th« ted)** win ;ur?/\* fm\l^ t3s»-uunm.rt at K3 Par* Str«. w. '

WALLACK'S »ISipX*%1:A TRIIMPH

• HERALD-

OLG\ METHERSOLE in SAPHD^^

IB "A KOMANCX O» ATHitiv-

ARRESTED FOR OBTAINING SAMPLES.Henry A Brocklngton. a tailor, of No. 187 Green-wich-st., was the complainant In the Contre-st.

court yesterday against a man who said he was C.A. Richardson, of No. m University Place. Brocking-ton said that the prisoner had obtained from himon Monday samples of cloth, saying that he want-ed to order some clothes. He promised to returnthe samples, but did not do so.In Richardson's possession was found a bundle

of letters addressed to well known tailors, request-ing samples. He had also about one thousandpieces of Imported cloths. According to Brocklng-ton, the prisoner could realise from 60 to 76 cents

who^uirrpU^^^tein1'; and mm own*r*-

for'ttVe^n^r "*«*— ta **»

APPRAISER WAKEMAN GIVES WARNING.Appraiser Wakeman yesterday learned thnt

somebody is going about among importers andsoliciting subscription- ostensibly for some pur-pose In which the employs at the Public Storeswere supposed to be interested. Apparently, thepurpose is to secure funds for some, mutual benefitassociation. There is bo such organization, how-ever, and whatever the subscriptions are supposedto be for, the real purpose is »o swindle the sub-scribers. According to th.- Information receivedby the Appraiser some as high as$50 were received.

CHURCH BEQUESTS IN A WILL CONTEST.Justice Stover, in the Supreme Court, to-day will

begin taking testimony In the coniest of MaryJohnson's will by her cousins. Charles Shirley, anemploye in the Postoffiee, and Timothy F. Dono-van, the principal of a school on Staten Island.Mrs. Johnson died flt her home. No. 2,013 Madison-ave.. on March 10. 1899. leaving more than $500,000,which she inherited from her brother, StephenLovejoy, a Junk dealer, to the Catholic Chun h.

St. Joseph's Seminary. Vi.nkc-rs, was to receiveH£2,OM, All Saints' <'hurch (160,000. the. Society forthe Protection of Destitute Women and Catholic<"hilrlren (53,000 and the Mission of the ImmaculateVirgin for the Protection of Homeless and Desti-tute Children Itt.OOO. Several small bequests werealso made to other religious ami charitable or-ganizations. Surrogate Varrum admitted the willto probate, declaring tl.it the allegations of undu«»influence were not proved. Tho present suit Is tohave the will set aside.

NASSAU SYSTEM LEASED.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS TO PAY NOT LEB3 THAN

FOUR PER CENT ON PREFERRED STOCK.

Stockholders of the Brooklyn Heights RailroadCompany and the Nassau Electric Railroad Com-pany met yesterday and ratified the lease for 99Syears of the Nassau Electric company to theBrooklyn Heights company. The- terms of the leaFeare the payment by the Heights company of allfixed charges, taxes and organization expenses ofthe Nassau company, and in addition all net earn-ings from the property leased, said net earningsnot to be less each year than an amount equal to4 per cent of the Nassau company's outstandingpreferred stock, whose par value is $6,600,000. Allthe stock of the. Brooklyn Heights company wasvoted In favor of the lease, and 145,647 14 shares outof 150,000 shares of the Nassau company's stockThe lease takes effect April1, 1900.

OPTIONAL TRANSFERS TO-DAY.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS COMPANY PI'TP INTO KF

FEPT RECOMMENDATION OF COMMISSION.

Orders were issued by the Brooklyn Heights Rail-road Company yesterday afternoon putting into

effect the recommendation of the State Board ofRailroad Commissioners for optional transfers atthe Slxty-flfth-st. and Thirty-slxth-st. station? ofthe elevated railroad. On and after to-day north-bound passengers on the suburban lines wil}receivetransfers at those two stations good either on eur-face or elevated cars in direction of the City Hall,and Eouth bound passengers on elevated or surfacecars willreceive transfers at the above named sta-tions to south bound suburban lines.

THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT INQUIRY.

SPECIAL GRAND JTRT EXAMINES NEWSPAPER

FILE* AT A SHORT 6E6810K.

The special Grand Jury convened to take up thecase of the alleged false rumors to depress thevalue of the stock of the Brooklyn Rapid TransitCompany went into session again yesterday morn-ing. There were no witnesses to be seen In anypart of the building outside of the Grand Jury roomand its anteroom, in which the witnesses are kept

till they are wanted by the Grand Jury.John Proctor Clarke, special Deputy Attorney-

General, who has been placed by the Governor incharge of the case and the Grand Jury, came inbefore 11 o'clock witaout any witnesses accompany-ing him. Tha jury' went into session at 11 o'clock.

A further examination was made into the files of

the newspapers which had been brought to theGrand Jury room by subpoena. These papers con-tained the advertisements which are alleged to havehelped to cause the fall in the stock of Brooklyn

Rapid Transit In Wail Street.The Special Grand Jury adjourned at 1 o'clock to

meet again this morning. None of tluise who werein the Grand Jury room would divulge what hadtaken place, but it was said that the session wastaken up with the newspaper files. The Jury re-mained in session only two hours.

BILL TO EXTEND THE ATLANTIC-AYE. COMMIS-

SION'S POWERS.

President William H. Baldwin, jr., of the LongIsland Railroad said yesterday that a bill givingthe Atlantic Avenue Commission permission toconstruct an East River tunnel between Flatbush-ave., in Brooklyn, and Cortlandt-st., in this bor-ough, will be sent to Albany probably on Friday.

The bill, he said. Is being prepared under the di-rection of the Atlantic Avenue Commission, andthe appeal is made to Albany because the City

Council has failed to act on the Commission's appli-

cation for a franchise to build the tunnel. Plansfor the tunnel have been submitted to prospectivecontractors, and it is expected that six or sevenfirms will send in bids on the work. It Is hopedthat the bids will be in by the first of next week.It Is expected that John B. McDonald, the RapidTransit contractor, will also put in a bid for theEast River tunnel.

LONG ISLAND'S EAST RIVER TUNNEL.

WHAT IS GOINO ON TO-DAY.Board of Education. 4 p. r.i.Rapid Transit Commissioners' meeting.Annual dinner of New-York University Alumni,

Sherry's. 7:30 p. m.New-York Credit Men's Association. Wool Club,

7:30 p. m.Republican Club of XXXIVth Assembly District

ball. Harlem Arcnde.Harlem Rowing Cub ball. Lexington Opera

House.Mohican Club beefsteak dinner. Grand Central

Palace, t p. m.Lecture by the Rev. Dr. Gustav Gottheil. Colum-

bia University, 4:30 p. m.Hilton art gale. Chlckering Hall. 8 p. m.Society for Instruction in Flrßt Aid to the In-

jured, No. 10T, East Twenty-second-st., \u2666 p. tn.

Dinner of League of American Sportsmen, AldlneClub, 7 p. m.

NEW-YORK CITY.

Max Bendix announces that the use of his nameas a member of the faculty of the Imperial Con-servatory of Music is unwarranted, as he Is notconnected with that institution.

A number of the friends of F. J. Lantry. Com-missioner of Correction, presented to him last even-Ing a silver tea service. The presentation was madeat the Commissioner's horn?. No. 35? East Forty-

secon<l-st.. by Assistant District Attorney HenryW. Unger. Commissioner Lantry made a brief re-ply.

President York of the Polirc Board yesterday dls-mlssod the charges apainst Patrolman F.crnarilConnelly, attached to the District Attorney's office,who was accused of havinß an interest in tMe

Arcnde saloon, in West Twenty-eighth-Bt. He enidthat there was no evidence submitted to show thatConnelly was connecter! with the business.

PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.AI.BEMAnLE—The Rev. Dr. J. H. Eccleston. of

Baltimore, and R. O. Erwin, of Hartford. FIFTHAVENUE—Pension Comm!fFion<"r H. Clay Evans,of Washington. ORAXH-J. B. Ronrh, Chester.Perm. HOFFMAN—J. B. I-yon, of Alhany. HOL-LAND—Deputy Attorney-General John H. Coyne,of Albany, and A. Henry Savage Landor, of Lon-don. IMPERIAI,—Ex-Mayor John P. Hopklnu, ofChicago. MANHATTAN—Ex-Congrepsman JamesJ. Belden, of Syracuse, and Justice Warren B.Hooker, of the New- York Btate Supreme Court.MT'RRAT HILL—Ex-Mayor James H. Manning, ofAlbany. PLAZA—General Charles Miller,of Frank-lin, Perm. WALDORF—Ca'ideron Carlisle, of Wash-ington: Commander Richardson Clover, C. S. N., ofWashington: ex-Mayor Jacob Amos, of Syracuse;P. A.B. Wldener, of Philadelphia, and A. G. Yatee,of Rochester.

HOME XEWS.

ONE OF JOHN I. BLAIR'S SONS BAYS THERE 19

NO BASIS OF TRUTH INIT.

-l>ortß have been. . recently published that thec a> of John I.Blafr, the millionaire, of Blalrs-: :. N. J.. who died recently, did not exceed*-:00,000. and that a bequest in hl« will of 2.500f.Vajes of stock of the Blalrstown Railroad, madetc John D. Vail, his nephew and private secretary,hid turned out to be worthless, because that roadwas sold years ago to the Susquehanna and West-err:, which called in all the stock and destroyed it.The popular estimate of Mr. Blair's estate watecveral times $3,000,000. and as It was not thoughtlikely that the noted old railway man would playsuch a biting practical Joke as leaving a "fake"legacy to any one, inquiry as to the truth of thesereports was made yesterday at the banking houseof l«!air & Co.. No. 33 Wall-St.

The •porter wa« told by one of Mr Blair's sonstfc&t the "legacy yarn is made out of whole cloth,"and that, while he would not discuss the size of hisfather's estate, it w&s absurd to say that Ithadmhraak to $3,000,000.

PAPER CIGARETTES LESS POPVLAM.Anti-cigarette crusaders are finding satisfaction

in the January figures for the two grent cigarettemaking Internal Revenue districts of the city, theSecond and the Third. Thee~ show a falling off offully 25 per cent In the number of paper cigarettesmade in January. 19°". which was IH.fIW.7IP. ai

compared with January, 1899. wh»n the number was159.446, m Delight over thin big decline in the out-put of paper cigarettes must be modified some-what, however, by a consideration of an increaseIn the, number of ail tobacco cigarettes. For thesethe flrurea are: January. 189D, 11,740,160; January,1000, 11.K7.M0 There is also a gain o< 12.917.6W inths number yf cigars.

DAT.Vessel. For Line. Mali*cloee. Vessel sails.

New-York. Southampton, American... 7:ooam in;noamKensington. Antwerp. Red Star 10:30 am 12:00 mYucatan, Havana, NY*Cuba l:0Opra 3:00 pmBritish King. Antwerp. Phoenix _—_

Niagara. Tamptco, N V \u25a0 Cuba 1:00pm 8:00prnCdrihbee. fit Kltts, Quebec 12:3.. pni 3:oopmAlllanca. Colon, Panama It R 9:30 am l:m)pmAlgonquin. Charleston. Clyde 3:oopmAlamo. Gulventon. Mallory 8 00pmYarmouth, Nun Itae, Cuban L *Ss Co.10:00 a m 12:00 mSilvia. Newfoundland. Ited Crone U:00 a m 1:00 pmTruma, South Cuba. Munson .

THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 15.L*Gaacc«me Havre, French . 7:ooam 10 00amColumbia, Naples. Hamb- Am... 9:00 am 1100 amPeninsular, Axores. Empress 6:30 a m 10:00 amArriandearg. Manila. Barber:Sarmatlan. Glasgow, Allan-StateKnf of St oeor*« Melbourne. 1' SAAustHeathcralK. China, P«rryCapri, Bio Janeiro. U8 * Hrazil 13:00 m 2:00 pmUtter, St Kltts. Dcmerara . 1.<«> p 8:00 p mChalmette, New-Orleans, Martin 8:00 pm

FRIDAY.FERRUAUY I*.Ort*en. Jamaica, Booth l.OApm a.cojimRio Grande, Brunswick, llailory SCO pmComaaoba, Chtxltatoo. Clyde \u0084..,— |00 pm

MANHA TTAN XLE1\1TED 1/ E/.7*7 \G.The regular weekly meeting of the Manhattan

Railway Company's Executive Committee was heldyesterday. The session was brief and witboul pub-lic interest, an official of the company declared,A .-i«-cial dispatch from Albany giving the com-pany's report for the quarter ending December "'1lam shows a surplus after charges and dividends of$135,711. a*;ninf<t 151.529 in the same (juaruT ofIM-.8.

CANALBOAT MEX TARE A NEUTRAL STAND.A committee representing .n** New-York Canal

Forwarders' Association met in the rooms of theMerchants' Association oi. February 8 for the pur-pose Ot niakirif? a protest against .« Mil now pend-ing in the Legislature, which provides generallyfor tho removal of the present canal boaIr> -\u25a0 iv.i\u25a0

tion from the Ka*t River to a point on the NorthRiver, between Fiftieth and Fifty-sixth sts. Aftera full discussion by the Interests represented itwaa agreed tnai neither those who had Introducedthe present bill, iH>r th"ye wh'> had opposed It,would take any position al all before the Legislat-ure, and a dispatch waa sent to Edward C Bren-nan, chairman ot the Committee on CommeiNavigation, at Albany, requesting that bill No,btfo be withdrawn and no hearing, be held on it.

TO-PAT.Vessel. From. Line

Noidby nambu.g. January 21 _^—

AthesU Hamburg. January 25 At TransBolivia Gibraltar, January .26 AnchorPlanet Mercury Dundee. January 27 '. ArrowFouinel Havre. January 27 Kren.-hHudson New-Orleans. February a Morgan(.tceanlr Liverpool. February 7 White StarMarquette London, February 3 At TransPrlns Fred Heudrik. Port an Prince. February r, ..DutchAdvance Colon, February 7: Panama It XHersehel St I.'i.-la, February T.La«apon .V- HoltI'nniani-he Jacksonville it HydeMarengo '. Newcastle. January 30 Wilson

THURSDAY. FEBRUARY IS.Lann Bremen. February 8 N Q UoydDarmstadt Bremen, February ..NO LloydHindoo Hull. February 2 WilsonEastern Prince st Lucia. February 8 Prince

Friday, February i«.Campania Liverpool February lf> CunardMom Huelva, February 1

OUTGOING STEAMERS.

NORTH GERMAN LLOYD'S BIG PURCHASE.The report Ihnt the Scottish Oriental Steamship

Company, operating between Hong Kong andEngland, hnd been sold at Hong Kong to theNorth German Lloyd Company for $4..riou,ooo wasconfirmed yesterday at ttie offices of the lattercompany in this city. The purchase Includestwenty-four steamers, varying from 4:"S to 1,920tons burden, and twenty-one river steamers andtenders, aggregating 3.917 tons. The steamers areto be registered under the German Sag. It is saidth.tt the North German Lloyd Company is pie-raring to extend its service from Oriental port* tvPuget Sound or California.

CONFIDENCE GOLD MINING COMPACT.Santa Fe, N. M., Feb. 13 (Special).— Confi-

dence Gold Mining Company, $25,000 capital. carry-Ing on mining operations in Colfax County, was In-corporated yesterday by New-Jersey and Pennsyl-vania capitalists.

DR. WILDE SENT BACK TO RIVER CREST.Dr. John Russell Wilde, who escaped on February

5 from the River Crest Sanatorium, Astoria. LongIsland, has been returned to that institution. Be-fore it became necessary to send him to RiverCrest Dr. Wilde, who has a large income, was re-garded as a man of high intellectual attainments.He studied medicine at the University of Pennsyl-vania, and after graduation conceived it to be hisduty to go to China, as a medical missionary. Afterseveral years inChina he went to Singapore, wherehis health physically and mentally broke down.

MISSING COUNT VOX BLUCHER FOUND.Count Yon Blucher. for whom his wife has been

searching diligently ever since she heard that hehad fallen heir to a fortune in Germany, has beenfound in the Soldiers' Home at Bath, N. T.. andthe countess has gone to claim him and establishhis title.

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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MTNIATURQ ALMANAC.Sunrise 6:54 jgun— 5:33 [M00n rise* p m Moon's age 14

HIGH WATHK.A.M.—Bandy Hook 7:2fl!Gov Island 8:C3IHell Gate fi32P.M.—Sandy Book 7:s9|Gov Island 6:3l|Hell Gate 10:20

INCOMING STEAMERS.

THE MILITARYGOVERNOR PRAISES GOVERNMENT

OF HAVANA.

Major-General WillUm LudlOW, Military Gov-ernor of the <'ity of Havana, arrived here from

Havana yesterday on the New- York and Cuba

Un«r Havana. He was taken off the steamer by

a tug and carried to Long Island City, whence h<-

too,k a train for his home in Flushing On Thurs-day he will go to Washington, whither he wasordered from Cuba by the Secretary of War forconsultation on the subject of Cuba. H» will sail

for Havana again on the Mexico on February 24.

In the spring General Ludlow hopes to be able to

go to Paris, whither his wife will ko soon with

Mr. and Mrs. Clement A. Grlseom, jr.

When seen at the pier yesterday General Ludlowtook early opportunity to deny the report thatthere had been a clash between the civil and mil-itary authority of Havana."It is utterly false," he said. "T have seen

Nunez every day, and nothing of the sort hap-pened. There was a slight disagreement ai onetime between Nunez and myself, which was settledby General Wood In a thoroughly satisfactory andamicable way. That was all."

General Ludlow spoke enthusiastically of thebetter times which Havana has begun to enjoy,and commented on the excellence of the schools,the Police. Fire and Street Cleaning departments,and the government as a whole.

"Without disparaging American cities." he said."Imay say thfU there is not a city in the UnitedStates which is in better condition than Havanato-day. Our local city government will be entirelyarranged by the middle of July."

General Ludlow deplored the action of Samuel(Jumpers In trying to precipitate a strike sometime ngo. and said that the result would have beenawful.

GENERAL LUDLOW HERE.

REPORT OF BIG CONSOLIDATION.

NO CONFIRMATION OK RUMOR OF" THE TNION OF

BIG STEEX, AND IRON WORKS.

It was renorted in Wall Street yesterday that theTroy Steel Works, the Bessemer Steel Works andthe Rensselaer Iror. Works were- to be consolidatedinto a company to be capitalized at $17,000,000. Thenew company. It was added, which would have atotal yearly output of 250,t)00 tons of Iron and steel,would also build a shipbuilding plant In or nearthis city. At the office of J. P. Morgan & Co.,who. according to the story, were to finance theconsolidation. It was said that nothing was knownabout the project.

OLD DOMINION DIRECTORS RE-ELECTED.The annual meeting of the stockholders of the

Old I>omlnlon Steamship Company was held atthe general offices of .the company. Pier No. 26,North River, yesterday, for the election of a boardof directors. The old board was unanimously re-elected.

COCNSEI., FOR GEXJRGE A. TKEADWEU* A MI-

NORITY STOCKHOLDER, WILL MAKE

THE) APPLICATION.

George A. Treadwell, a minority stockholder ofthe United Vertle Copper Company, which was soldon January 9 to a representative of the reorganiza-tion committee, as a preliminary step to theabandonment by the company of Its New-York

charter and relncorporatlon in West Virginia, an-nounced yesterday his purpose to apply for a re-ceiver for the company. He said:

The Appellate Division1* decision in our favor,declaring the sale of property irregular, is cer-tainly no discouragement to our side. We do notcare whether or not the United Verde is now aWest Virginia corporation. The \-a!idity of thesale, of course, was not directly before the Ap-pellate Division, but the whole trend of the deci-sion Is toward an intimation that the sale is void.

The people who sold this company to themselvesfor $600 Ort), while they had fully 17.000.000 in oreon the dumps and paid 13,600,000 in dividends lastyear, can get no va'.id title by the operation. WeKhali endeavor to have the sale set aside, and.after taking some more testimony in the West,

shall move for the appointment of a receiver.

TO ASK FOR RECEIVER OF XJTSITBD VERDE.

TRANSACTIONS AGGREGATE NEARLY .W.ftdO

BALES—MARKET "FOLLOWS LIVER-POOL."

The Cotton Exchange yes'erday had the mostexciting day it has seen for several years, andprices in all the futures advanced many points,while the transactions aggregated the exceedinglylarge total of nearly 800,000 bales. The local mar-ket "followed Liverpool," where prices had ad-vanced sharply on Monday and on yesterday morn-ing. The higher prices in Liverpool were ascribedto a realization by English pplnners at last thatthe American crop would be much smaller than Mr.Xeill's estimates bad made it, and to sales thereat higher prices of new crop Egyptian cotton,

which has been seriously damaged, the same opera-tors making large purchases of American futures.Tho Xew-York market opened yesterday abouttwenty pounds, equivalent to Jl a bale, above Satur-day's (lose. Profit taking sales soon caused a re-cession of ten points, but it was only temporary,

and the upward movement was soon resumed. Thetrading throughout the day was marked by violentfluctuations, which reflected the Liverpool changesuntil that market closed. In the afternoon themwas a falling off in tho foreign buying, but nearthe close prices made their largest advance of theday.

Orders from Great Britain and the Southwestwere for enormous quantities' of cotton chiefly tocover short contrac:.«. Southern buying orderswere also enormous, and Southern spot marketreports came :is stron.tr as at any time yet. Th<»local market for spot cotton was officially reportedas In ing 3-16 cent higher, while later sellers werescarce at % cent advance. The market closed ex-tremely firm at an advance of 17 to 3* points.

The March option, which closed on Saturday at£.21, yesterday went as high :<* 8.49, and closed atrifle under that figure. The April dosed a' 8.58 anet gain of 36 points, as compared with Saturday'sfinal price; May, at 8.64, against at the closeon Saturday: June. 8.64. a net gain for the day ofS» points; July, 8.6>. compared with 8.80 at Satur-day's close: and the August option closed at 8.62,a net advance for the day of 37 points.

LIVELY DAY IX COTTOX.

TO BE ARGUED SATURDAY.

JTTDGE BROWN SET3THE DAY FOR HEAR-ING THE APPLICATION IN THE GATNOR

CASE FOR REMOVAL TO SAVANNAH.Th° application for the removal to Savannah, Oa.,

of Colonel John F. Gaynor, Edward H. Guvnor.William T. Gaynor and Penjamln D. Greene, themembers of the Atlnntlc Cntractlng Company.Jointly Indicted in Savannah with ex-Captain Ober-lln M. Carter, I*. S. A., for conspiracy and de-

frauding the t'nlted States out of $375,000 in con-nection with the Savannah River and CumberlandSound improvement work, was made yesterday toJudge Addison Brown, of the X'nited States Dis-trict Court.

XTnlted States Pistrt-t Attorney Erwln. of Sa-vannah, told Judne Brown that the proceedingsbefore Commissioner Shields had kept him sixweeks from his district, and it was important thathe return to the South as soon as possible. AbramJ. Rostv of the firm of Rose. Kellogg A Smith,counsel for the accused contractors, said that atthe examination before <'ommiFeloner Shields th*Government had offerfd In evidence a copy of theIndictment, whi?!i contains ten counts, and hadcalled but one witness to prove that his clientswere the men wanted In the South. The lawyerasked for time to get his case in presentable form,sa>lng that Commissioner Bhtelds's decision thatthere was probable cause to hold the defendantswas rendered on Saturday.

Judge Brown set Saturday at noon for the hear-ing of the arguments, and continued the ball bonds.

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUABY 14. 1)900.

WESTCHESTBR COUNTY.

MOUNT VERNON*.The women of the First Baptist Church added a

Pleasant feature to the Lincoln Day observan ce

on Monday night in providing a supper to follow

the addresses. The largo Sunday school hall was

well filled, and the addresses of Dr. Taft and the

Rev. Dr. Booth were exceedingly Interesting. Ir.

Taft was one of those who attended the theatreon the night of the assassination of President Lin-coln, and he it was who probed the wound afterMr. Lincoln's removal to the house opposite in«

the-tre. He told the story of the assassination in

a graphic manner, and afterward exhibited one orthe cuff buttons worn by Mr.Lincoln on the n'S"*he' wan shot. He showed pictures of the deathchamber and other scenes. Dr. Booth was notonly personally acquainted with Mr Lincoln buthe "al'o had been personally associated with JohnWilkes Booth, the assassin; Mr». Surratt and'Harold- Lieutenant Henry B. Rhoades. who servedthroughout the Civil War, and who had met Mr.Lincoln on several occasions. E. P. French andthe Rev. Dr. W. A Granger also made addresses.

John H. Stanhouse. a well dressed young Eng-lishman who said that his home was in Manches-ter and' that he had come to this country to seethe si*: was arrested at 3 o'clock yesterdaymorning on Chester Hill, a fashionable residentialpart of the city. He was going about promiscu-ously ringing doorbells. At several of the houseshe made such a noise thai the families, startledfrom their sleep, thought burglars were at work,

and sent an alarm to the police. \\hen a headwould appear at a window Stanhouse In a cockney

accent would ask to be let in because it was rain-ing. Patrolman John White caught Stanhouse Justas he was about to ring the bell at the home ofCity Judge Senate and took him to the police sta-

tion. When Sergeant Glelirman started to t%kehis pedigree he said: "This his a bloomln' hout-rage.

'What right 'aye you. Hid like to know, to

hlnqulre hlnto my hancestry?" He was locked upto await bearing.Following the festivities on Monday night at the

armory of Company B. Ist Xew-York Infantry,there was a presentation of prizes and medals.Sergeant W. Perry received the gold watch offeredfor the best drilled non-commissioned officer, andPrivate Wood the gold watch given by SupervisorE. K. Brown for the best drilled private soldier.Private William Reitzner received a gold watchfrom Mayor Fiske for having secured the largestnumber of recruits. Major D^nike, of the Ist Bat-talion, gave Captain Schneider a gold watch onbehalf of Company B. to commemorate the com-pletion of his twentieth year in the service.

WHITE PLAINS.Consideration by the Westchester County Grand

Jury of the case of Alfred Morrison, who killedhis -wife at Mount \>rnon on December 28. waspostponed yesterday until next Monday. DistrictAttorney Andrews Is not now able to attend thesessions of the Grand Jury.

The Westchester County Bar Association heldIts annual meeting in the Courthouse here yes-terday. The election of officers resulted as fol-lows: President. Joseph S. Wood, of Mount Ver-non; vice-presidents, Joseph F. Daly. John M.IMgney and Charles Halnes; corresponding secre-tary. Frederick E. Weeks: recording secretary.Robert E. Farley; treasurer. William SamuelJohnson. Directors for three years— R. E. Prime,Y. W. Mlddlebrook. Wliliam A. Woodworth, H. T.Dykman and Theodore H. Silkman. A committeeof five was appointed to arrange for the annualdinner of the association.

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