to 5 TO THE STANDARD UNION. PAGES 5 TO 08 BROOKLYN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, PAGES. CHURCH SERVICES Fine Thanksgiving Day Sermons and Music. MANY CONGREGATIONS UNITED THE REV. DR.
M. WOOLSEY STRYKER AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH--DR. LYMAN ABBOTT TALKS ABOUT THE GREATER MUNICIPALITY DR. KRAMER'S EULOGY OF HENRY GEORGE- OTHER SERVICES. Special Thanksgiving services were neld yesterday at the First Presbyterian Church, consisting of an elaborate musical programme, and a sermon by the Rev.
Dr. M. Woolsey Stryker, president of Hamilton College, assisted in the pulpit by the Rev. Gaylord S. White.
The members of the choir were Mrs. Etta MIller Orchard, soprano; Miss Antoinette Cooke, contralto; George S. Lenox, tenor, and Royal S. Smith, baritone; Miss Caroline A. Barton, Miss Josephine L.
Betts, Miss Annie S. Hawes, Miss Elizabeth A. Lane, Miss Nellie M. Molloy, Miss Ada M. Moseley, Mrs.
M. J. Miss Minnie Reid, Miss May H. Vail, Miss Gertrude A. Winchester, Dr.
John Beadle, Dr. Thomas L. Buys, E. Everett Lincoln, George S. Madden, Miss Laura MacClinchey, Frederick Pells, Harry Perine, Jacob Ring, William A.
Thompson, Marshall A. Woodman, and Frank H. Parsons. The music of the organ was augmented by an orchestra of string instruments played by Carl Venth, first violin; Sebasdan Laendner, second violin; Herman Krasel, viola; Carl Riederich, violincello; R. Huntington Woodman, organist and director, and Miss Annie S.
Hawes, assistant organist. The pulpit decorations were simple, in keeping with the day, and were of draped American flags. The order of worship began with a prelude by Rubinstein for strings. It was his "Music of the Spheres." After a prayer of invocation, the proclamation of the President of the United States was read, and the congregation joined in song and responsive reading of the scriptural lesson. "Tours anthem, "While the Earth Remaineth" was given with splendid effect by the choir, as was the offertory for the pastor's special fund.
It was Maunder's "Sing to the Lord of Harvest." Dr. Stryker's prayer of thanksgiving was followed by the anthem, "They Shall Not Hunger nor Thirst," arranged by the organist, R. Huntington Woodman. Dr. Stryker preached from the text, Psalm 6: "He has showed His people the power of His works in giving them the heritage of the nations." He said in part: "The President of this United States and.
the Governor of this State have again commanded that this day be set aside by a grateful people for thanksgiving." He spoke of the songs of the Psalms as being fulfilled in the Messiah, and of the joy there would be when all the children of Abraham owned Him As their This America of ours was providential. When Columbus came he only sought a way. but he found a world. Of this country it was true that He showed H's power. for it was the heritage of the nations.
Here in government sclence and religion was to be a new problem to be solved by man. This America is the marvel of God the ages. In giving ready to us this heritage, was getting show us the power of His works. The world is one grand plan of God. He crowds each century to its place in a whirl.
When we consider it we may well take deep breaths. Dr. Stryker spoke of the coming and going of Jesus Christ, and its religion to the development of the world in its civilization. His birth and death Is identified with all progress on the earth. The Bible lands are the lands of freedom.
It is Christianity that sends the preacher and teacher hand in hand. The Bible is the Magna Charta of all men. It is the book that tyrants most hate, but where it is most dominant there civilization obtains its utmost." He spoke of the effect upon the scientific instinct that Christianity had had, and said that Christianity had recreated from the ground up the sociality of those nations where it had been received. Democracy. which makes every man count just one, was chartered in Christ's heritage, which takes individuality.
Atheism and lutism are twins--Siamese twins. Dr. Stryker paid the following eulogy to Henry George: have read his he said. do not believe in his theories, but I have great respect for the heart of Henry George. The greatest thing that ever fell from his lips, I believe, was one that he uttered in this city during the heat of the campaign that cost him his life when he dared to astound and astonish his hearers.
'I do not stand here as the representative of he said, 'I have never posed as the friend of All his hearers drew in their breath. 'I am not the friend of any one and he flung his thunder in their faces. 'I am for I say that that was democracy, and all such reform must carry with it the idea of the Galilean, for by that must it stand or fall." After the sermon the choir sang Foster's anthem, "The Eyes of All Wait," and the services closed with the singing of the national hymn, "America." As the congregation was leaving the church, Organist Woodman, assisted by the strings, played as a postlude Mendelsohn's "War March of Priests." CITY AND BOROUGH. DR. ABBOTT SPEAKS ABOUT THE GREAT MUNICIPALITY.
In his Thanksgiving Day sermon at Plymouth Church yesterday morning, the Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott touched on the municipal problem. As a preface to his discourse Dr. Abbott said: "There are five things I want to say if I have time.
The first is that' we are to make one city of these five boroughs. The newspapers have suggested a possibility of the charter being abolished, but this is too absurd a proposition to be taken seriously. We are grown men and women, not children, and as a community we have decided, for good or evil, for unity. But we are not simply to make the city one by retaining its charter, but in its spirit and life. "There is something to be said in favor of two cities, there is something to be said In favor of one city, but there is absolutely nothing to be said in favor of five distinct boroughs.
We must discard the borough conception, save as a means of promoting civic life and the life of a great city. Envy is bad in the individual, but it is worse in the community, and we are in peril of just such envy. if we Brooklyn fear our neighbor across the river is more prosperous than ourselves, New York fears that we are getting more out of the partnership than she is. We must work for the common end-recognize the city more than the borough. "Again, we are not only to make this one city; we are to make it a clean city morally and physically.
You may think me sanguine in declaring this possible in the face of the recent election. Still, I do not think Tammany as black as it has been painted, and I do not believe that the city will be turned into a jungle for the Tiger to range in. I cannot forget that a notorious gambler has come back from England to take control for a time. I cannot forget the election for District Attorney of one whose motto was 'To hell with reform! I cannot forget the sphinx-like sMence of the Mayor-elect. But, for all that, we will not go back to the old corruption of the police force and the Althy streets." Dr.
Abbott praised the administration of Mayor Strong. perll of the he added, "Is not from 11g criminal, Its vicious, its Ignorant classes, but from the greed, indifference and partisanship of those we are pleased to call our best citi- zens." EULOGIZED HENRY GEORGE. DR. JOHN W. KRAMER'S TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD LEADER.
At the services of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, Benson1 hurst, yesterday morning, the rector, the Rev. Dr. John W. Kramer, preached a memorial sermon on the late Henry George, concerning whom he knew much, belng a close personal friend of the late leader of the Jeffersonian Democracy. Dr.
Kramer took his text from Amos 12- 17, and preached on "Henry George as a Type of the Modern American." He sald: "Let me lay my tribute on the grave of Henry George. He was born the son of a father of sturdy integrity. Like many American boys, the son had scant schooling, and wandered from home at an early age to seek employment. Sons have turned from one employment to another, for little larger results. and Henry George was not the Whether liked his employment or not, he always did his best.
This was characteristic of him when he sailed on the blue waters to do hard duty which required strength and skill in stress of weather, when he stood at the printer's case day and night to do long tasks whien called for skill and delicacy, when he plodded the streets of a new and turbulent city gathering news for a journal, for poor pay or fair wage, whichever it was his bad or good luck to get. He fasted bravely when he was forced to that hard trial. It was in newspaper work that he reached the plane which opened for him his life's work. His great native intellect grew. There came to him from heaven a revelation that made him seer and prophet.
His courage was great. It was so natural and constant in life that it never blustered, never obtruded itself, as born for a special occasion. "The love of truth was strong in Henry George. He changed his views with his convictions. What this man was afraid of was that the right thing would not be done, that the truth would not be upheld.
Philanthropy was his natural religion. He was moved by the needs of his fellow men. I have met many philanthropists, but never one who was his equal. We have all read of great philanthropists, but of them all whose spirit and works have come to my attention, John Howard alone stands beside him in fullness of spiritual gift. Howard has done more in the name of Jesus than any other man, but his scope of purpose was not so large as that of Henry George, whose work is not yet done.
He took a world-wide vision of Christ, and sought and applied Christianity which would bring the poor of every clime, and through all future ages, to taste the wealth of the kingdom of God on earth: With such a natural religion of truth, courage and philanthropy, there came to him one day great faith in God. With such a faith and such a nature, Henry George could not keep quiet. He was an intense patriot- an American to the core. He hated cruelty in any form, and would grow extremely angry at any exhibition of it. Henry George is not dead.
He was a prophet, and his words have not been useless. On All Saints' Day I was called to bury the great master, my friend. A fitting day it was for the funeral of him of the great intellect which wrestled with a problem of sorrow, and solved it; him. of the great heart which beat in sympathy with all that was true and noble, with all that was hard and woeful in human life. Never was a braver and more loving spirit taken from our modern Christian courage and charity.
Thank God to-day for the gift of a good man. 'Praise the Lord, 0 my amid the harvest garnered in for him who has shown how rich fruits of the earth may be tested in full measure by God's poor and lowly children." FIVE CHURCHES UNITE IN HOLDING UNION THANKSGIVING SERVICES. Union services of the Central, North Fifth, Street, South Third Street, Union and South Second Street churches were held morning and evening yesterday at' the latter church. The Rev. L.
K. Moore, pastor of the Central Church, delivered the morning sermon. He prefaced his remarks by saying that the congregations had assembled, not as church members, but as citizens of this gracious Nation, and were there in response to the call of the executives of the Nation and State. Those present were there to render praise to God for the unspeakable gifts he had favored the country with, and to ask for a continuance of the same. He took his text from Psalm ii, 8: of me and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts.
of the earth for thy possession." In the course of his sermon he said: "In the establishment of nations and in the overthrow of them, God has been over all. He has opened up new territories for the use of the world when they were needed. In the celebration of the World's Fair at Chicago, several years ago, this Nation commemorated one of the greatest events in the history of the human race. We did right to honor the deathless memory of Columbus. He was pre-eminently the instrument of God in furthering the Christianization of the world.
God uses men who are not consecrated the same as He does others who are consecrated. He used Pharaoh as well as he did Moses; He used Alexander and Caesar as well as He did John the Baptist and Paul, and so in the discovery of this great land and the establishment of this beneficent government, God used Christopher Columbus and George Washington. Consequently, in honoring any one who has done special services for the human race we should remember that we are also honoring God. Such a discovery as that made by Columbus and such a government as the one founded by Washington, form important parts in the sublime work which God has under way. In 1492 despotism reigned supreme in Asia, Europe and Africa, 80 it was essential that a land should be discovered where free religion and free thought could be enjoyed, a place where a republic could be established and the knowledge of Christ radiated to all parts of the world.
America was the land, the United States the republic. God is converting into one nation all the inhabitants of the world, and in this government God makes a step towards that sublime end. There is no more important event in history, save those of Calvary and of the Day of Pentecost, than the discovery of America, and the establishment of this government. It is here that the day is being hastened when every knee will bend and every tongue praise God. It is here where the great social problems, which are so dear to the hearts of the human race, are receiving the fullest consideration and making America the great news centre of the world.
This great trust and treasure has been bequeathed to us to develop and pass on to the nations that are to follow." DR. M'FARLAND PREACHED. UNION SERVICES IN THE CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. A union thanksgiving service was held yesterday morning in the Central Presbyterian Church. The churches represented were the Calvary Baptist, Marcy Avenue Baptist, New York Avenue M.
Nostrand Avenue M. Puritan Congregational, Church of the Reconciliation and the Tompkins Avenue Congregational. The Rev. Dr. J.
T. McFarland, pastor of the New York Avenue M. E. Church, preached. The large church was well filled.
The service opened with an organ prelude by G. W. Fink, organist. The invocation was made by the Rev. T.
W. Campbell; the President's proclamation was read by the Rev. Dr. J. F.
Carson; prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. R. R. the Rev.
Dr. J. C. Wilson read the scripture; a baritone solo was sung by I. H.
Meredith. Dr. McFarland spoke on the moral and. religious element in national life. His text was: "This day of national thanksgiving is simply one the many expressions of the religious spirit in our land.
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25 cents. germ from which this Nation grew was a religious idea. Its fostering, guiding, conserving and strengthening spirit has been and is religious. He who will not admit and see this fact cannot understand the history and character of this American people. It is a fact, moreover, that when earnest men are brought face to face with great national emergencies, when great, principles are at stake, and public and private honor can only be maintained by heroic hazard and brave self-sacrifice, faith in God comes easy and natural.
There is an instinctive feeling in the hearts of men who take the field for righteous principle; who. sword in hand, face tyrants on their thrones, and make war on ancient wrongs that God stands by them in their fight; and they deal their battle strokes with an unwavering confidence that their arms are strengthened by divine power. "The citizen in peace should use his ballot with the same high motive that the soldier uses his sword in war. Godfearing voters in this country of ours especially are necessary to preserve the institutions which were founded by Godfearing statesmen and patriots. There has never been a time when the religious and moral obligations of citizenship needed to ba more earnestly urged upon the consciences of men than now." The closing prayer was made by the Rev.
Dr. John Rhey Thompson, and the benediction was pronounced by the Rev. W. H. Tower.
MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. THANKSGIVING SERMON BY THE REV. C. L. GOODELL.
The Rev. L. Goodell preached a Thanksgiving sermon in the Hanson Place M. E. Church, yesterday morning, from the cxxxix Psalm: "Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me." He said in part: "The God who cared for a Joseph and a Moses, a Ruth and an Esther, is working some, high and blessed plan through your life.
That you do not understand God's method is nothing, for you do not know God's plan-a plan which is not finished in a year, but takes in your life and that of others for time and eternity. It time for the old light which hallowed common things and made saints of common men. The German critics tell us the angel visitants were only holy thoughts. Be it so. They led them to such holy living that the centuries glorify their names.
If the Father seems distant, it is because we have taken our portion of good and traveled into a far country to set up for ourselves. When we cease doing anything for God spontaneously, we necessarily doubt whether He can have occasion to do anything for us. But if it be true that all that comes to me is part of a plan, and by one wiser than I can stand it. There is need for that thought to-day. Some of you are saying: 'What have I to be thankful for? The year has wrought havoc in my home.
I had a nest full once of my and other things. Be thankful that God is see Jesus and be thankful for the sympathy of God. The year has been one of business trials. Be thankful that you are learning that the things which are seen are temporal that you can get along without houses and lands, and still be happy. If the list of your comforts is short, and hope has only one chapter more, still sing, 'The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not SELFISH LIVES FAILURES.
THE REV. W. H. HUDNUT'S SERMON AT GREENE AVENUE CHURCH. Seven congregutions united in a Thanksgiving service at the Greene Avenue Presbyterian Church, yesterday morning.
They were, besides the regular congregation of the church, the Lewis Avenue Presbyterian, of which Dr. Robert J. Kent is pastor; Grace Presbyterian, the Rev. William H. Hudnut, pastor; Janes Methodist Episcopal, the Dr.
John E. Adams and the Rev. Jabez Scott, pastors; Church of the Good Tidings, the Rev. Asa Trinity Baptist, the Rev. Philip Strong, pastor; South Bushwick Reformed, the Rev.
Dr. George E. Halst, pastor. All the pastors were present except Dr. Kent.
The sermon preached by the Rev. William H. Hudnut, of the Grace Presbyterian. Mr. Hudnut's subject was "God's Blessings, as Shown in His Gospel," and the text was chosen from Genesis, 2-the words spoken to Abraham: "I will bless thee and thou shalt be a blessing." The preacher said that selfish lives were always failures because they did not accomplish that which they were intended to accomplish.
He said the Bible knew nothing of selfishness. "It is not the good you have done, or you have planned to do, which is so important," he continued; "there is something that is higher and sweeter; it is the unconscious blessing. When Moses came down from the mount his face shone because he had been with God; and the people were awed by his presence. When Stephen went to his martyrdom his face was like an angel's. The apostles stood before the council, and it saw that they knew of Jesus.
So it will be at the last day. Many will say: 'Where saw we thee ahunger and gave thee to eat; when saw we athirst and gave thee to drink, or when saw we thee naked and clothed They have done good all their lives, and it was all unconscious. If one has the Christ spirit, it will be natural for him to do good. "There is a proverb on the old folk lore tales that the passage of a pure maiden over a field makes it fertile. So if we love Christ our passage through the world will fill it with God's blessing, for by blessing us He will bless our fellow men." AMUsem*nTS.
E. H. SOTHERN IN LADY OF LYONS," A AT THE COLUMBIA. E. H.
Sothern presented Lord Lytton's romance, "The Lady of Lyons," for a change of bill at the Columbia Theatre on Wednesday evening. The house was crowded with an audience that apparently enjoyed the play very much. Mr. Sothern made a capital Claude Melnotte, although the part does not fit him as well as do most of the others in his repertory. Virginia Harned as Pauline, the Lady of Lyons, could be much improved upon, except in the matter of raiment.
Her costumes were superb. The remainder of the cast were all good in the minor roles, and included Rowland Buckstone, Arthur R. Lawrence, Marshall Stedman, C. P. Flockton, Owen Fawcett, Norman Parr, Roydon Erlynne, George E.
Bryant, Daniel Jarrett, John J. Collins, Harry J. Holliday, Kate Pattison-Selten, Blanche Weaver and Edith Barker. This evening Mr. Sothern will appear in the title role of "Lord "The Lady of Lyons" will be played again to-morrow afternoon, and "An Enemy to the King" to-morrow evening.
SEIDL SOCIETY CONCERT, AUGUST WALTHER'S SYMPHONY TO BE PLAYED. At the second concert of the Seidl Society, at the Academy of Music Thursday evening, Dec. 9, Julie Rive-King, the pianiste, will be the soloist. With the orchestra she will play Rubinstein's Concerto in minor. Another interesting feature of the concert will be August Walther's symphony, "Hiawatha's Wooing and Wedding." Mr.
Walther is a local composer, and many will be anxious to hear the entire work, of which so much has been said and written. Movements of the work have been played at the Seidl concerts at Brighton Beach, but as a whole the symphony has never been attempted at a Brooklyn concert. The rest of the programme consists of some of the best things in Seidl's. repertoire- -the overture to "Tannhauser," the dream music from "Hansel, and Grethel," the largo from Dvorak's symphony, 'The New and "Dream, a. theme from Wagner's "Tristan and MRS.
GREEN'S DINNER PARTY. Mrs. Hetty Green entertained arparty of eight at dinner at the Hotel St. George last evening. DR.
ADAMS PRESIDED. REGULAR MEETING OF THE BROOKLYN FREE KINDERGARTEN SOCIETY. The regular monthly meeting of the Directors and General Committee of the Brooklyn Free Kindergarten Society was held last Tuesday afternoon at the Pratt Institute. There was a large attendance, and Dr. J.
Coleman Adams, the recently elected chairman of 1 the committee, conducted the meeting. The Kindergarten, which was established and has been for several years maintained by the alumni of Pratt Institute, made formal application for admission as one of the society's kindergartens, and was received on the usual terms. A Board of Visitors has recently been formed for each kindergarten, and the interest thus extended bids fair to give increased impetus to the work. While all visitors, whether or not officially appointed, are welcome at all times, it is highly desirable that there should be no more interruption of the regular work than would be expected in the ordinary schoolroom. It was stated that fifteen hundred invitations were sent out for the reception held at the Pouch Mansion on Nov.
10. A very full and interesting report was presented by the Supervisor, Miss Mary H. Waterman, covering the work of the sixteen kindergartens for the past month. An informal discussion followed concerning ways and means whereby the public may be kept informed of the practical work of the society and the interesting daily events in the kindergartens, as few persons realize the influences for good brought to bear not only upon the parents and little children, but upon the parents and homes which these children represent. The sixth annual report of the society will soon be published.
THANKSGIVING EVE SOCIAL, AN ENJOYABLE RECEPTION AT FREDERICK BOLK'S HOME. The numerous friends of Frederick Bolk were given a social on Thanksgiving eve, at the residence of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Bolk, 238 Bridge street.
The evening was passed pleasantly, parlor games, dancing and sociability in general, occupying the time. Refreshments were served at midnight, after which a start was made for home. Among those present were, Robert Baird, Edith Hartley, William Gonzales, Harriet Young, Daniel Goodwin, Sadie Faulkner, George W. Snedeker, Sadie Williams, Edward Snedeker, Lillian Thorne, Edward Batterson, Etta Miller, Harry Watts, Irene Carey, Louis Miller, Anna Beulen, Fred. Bernhardt, Tillie Metzger, Bertha Sands, Charles Cain, Lillian Besbey, David O'Connell, James McCarter, Tessie Bolk, Graham, Harry Rapp, Mamie Mitchell, George Wasmuth, Minnie Brown, John Rainey, Carrie Goodwin, Charles Metzger, Fredericka Bolk, Frederick Bolk, Jennie Wilson, William Ryno, Jennie Mitchell, Henry Morgan, Ada Price, George Evans, Addie Ryno, Chas.
Helwick, Edith Needham and Luther Ticken. NEWS IN BRIEF. No agreement was reached at the conference regarding the strike of British engineers. The Rev. Dr.
R. S. MacArthur preached yesterday on the evils which afflict New York, and denounced bossism. Five thousand Albanians are in full revolt against Turkey, and an encounter has taken place with Ottoman troops. Five-year-old Charles Clark, of 45 Manhattan street, New York City, was killed by a cable car near his home, on Wednesday afternoon.
Senator Platt asserts that seventy-eight members of the Assembly will go into the Republican caucus, and that J. M. E. Grady will be elected Speaker. John W.
Jayne, a.Post Office clerk, shot himself in the left breast at his home, in West 113th street, New York City, yesterday. His condition is critical. A call has been issued to various labor associations to meet in, convention in Albany, Jan. 11, 1898, for the purpose of securing legisiation favorable to labor. Documents have been found in Georgetown, British Guiana, which are- sald to strengthen Great Britain's claim in the Venezuelan boundary dispute.
Driven nearly frantic with hunger after walking the streets for eighteen hours. with nothing to eat, Frank Brower, a cooper from Albany, broke a plate glass window in New York City yesterday, and gave himself up to the police. It is understood that the Dominion Government has prepared a communication to the Washington authorities refusing to stop pelagic sealing unless assured of tariff concessions. Donald A. McClelland, the young clerk who disappeared on Monday with $2,500 belonging to the Bronx Borotgh Bank, returned from Chicago yesterday to surrender, and was arrested as ne stepped from the train.
While a young married couple were flat ing in Harlem yesterday, the bride discovered the body of Christian Lauerosch, an unemployed butcher, who had hanged himself to a transom in a vacant- apartment. Mrs. Julia Ambrose, 26 years old, whose husband had left her, took opium in the street yesterday, intending to kill herself. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital a prisoner. Another day of wild disorder was spent in the lower house of the Austrian Reichsrath in Vienna yesterday.
Premier Badeni and Dr. Abrahamovice, the president, sought safety in flight. Fences were built about the tribune before the session began. Charles L. McNally.
17 years old, was shot vesterday and seriously wounded by Policeman Hannigan, who was chasing him, for playing football In the street. The officer says the shooting was accidental, but withesses assert that it was done deliberately. A -brake on a New York City Belt line car snapped last night, and it ran down and came in collision with another car. Several persons were slightly Injured, and one horse was disabled and was shot. Day was spent much after the Sunday at the White House.
The President attended church and listened to a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Johnston, who declared that "rum, Socialism and Jesuitism" are the chief perils that threaten the United States. The Pacific Cable Company, of New York City, formed to connect the United States with the Hawaiian Islands, Japan, China and Australasia, met on Wednesday and elected James A. Scrymser president and Edmund L.
Baylles vice-presldent and acting treasurer. At a dinner given on Wednesday evening in Philadelphia by P. A. B. Widener, Dr.
William Pepper announced that he was authorized to say that Mr. Widener proposed to present to the Free Library of Philadelphia his handsome house, and that he intended to build a free art gallery and a' museum, at a cost of $1,000,000, both of which he will present to the city. Americans in London celebrated Thanksgiving Day by a dinner at the Hotel Cecil last night. A letter was read from Queen Victoria thanking the American Society in London for al. Illuminated address received from that body.
Ambassador Hay made a speech, Americans in Berlin met at a banquet at the Kaiserhof, and Ambassador White opened the toast list and proposed a joint toast to Emperor William and President Mc. Kinley. INSPECTOR RHODES IS SAD. HIS APPOINTMENT DID NOT BRING ONLY JOY WITH IT. The police of the Seventh precinct have presented a huge floral horseshoe to the late captain, Inspector Rhodes, who was recently appointed inspector.
The design was resting upon a tripod in Capt. Corwin's private room, at the Clymer station, yesterday, where the Inspector wili- hereafter receive the returns every morning from the seven precincts in the Eastern District. When the new inspector eral reporters hastened to congratulate entered the room in which was the gift, Inspector Murphy, a a a Capt. Corwin and sevthe veteran. After looking at the horseshoe, and reading the card attached, the old gentleman's eyes filled with tears.
He said that while his appointment had, of course, given him a certain amount of pleasure and pride, it also occasioned him some sadness. It is hard to sever the ties which have been made during the thirty-five years I have been captain of the Greenpoint precinct." he said, "and I feel as though I am going into a new field, where I will have to build up, in a certain way, a similar friendship. I know every Greenpointer by name, and I dislike the idea of being removed from them. 'Don't understand that I was not glad to receive the appointment, but all it brought was not joy." The horseshoe is composed principally of chrysanthemums and roses. The word, "Success" is worked in the design.
LYNCHED FOR STEALING. NEGRO JOHNSON PERFORATED WITH BULLETS IN GEORGIA. Waycross, Nov. Johnson, a negro, was lynched last evening by a mob near Screven. He was in charge of officers and was being taken to jail at Jessup.
A crowd of armed men rode up to the officers and demanded the prisoner. The negro was made the target for a number of rifles and his body was perforated with bullets. The negro had been arrested for stealing mule, LOVERING CASE. The Captain Convicted and a Reprimand Recommended BY THE COURT-MARTIAL THE VOTE SAID TO HAVE BEEN SEVEN TO FIVE VERDICT SENT TO WASHINGTON FOR PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW. Chicago, Nov.
The verdict in the Lovering court-martial has been forwarded to the Secretary of War. The court held a short secret session yesterday at which the verdict was made and dispatched to Washington. It is the general opinion that Capt. Lovering will meet with nothing worse than a reprimand. The "Tribune" to-day prints the following: "The finding of the cc t-martial is that the accused is guilty as charged in the specifications, and that he be reprimanded by the reviewing authority.
The court is thus lenient in view of the good good character of the accused as shown in the evidence." The foregoing is, according to the statement of a man who knows, the exact verdict of the court-martial. It took the court one hour to reach its decision. The first ballot resulted in seven members of the court voting "guilty" and five "not guilty." The usual court-martial is composed of thirteen members, but Major Randolph, who had detailed to attend, was unable to do so, and so twelve men sat as a jury to decide the fate of Capt. Lovering. There was a vigorous effort made to have those parts of the specifications charging Capt.
Lovering with "cruelty" and "brutality" stricken out, but it was finally decided to consider the charges as they set forth in the specifications, and there decision was reached without making the changes. A majority is conclusive in court-martial findings, and so, after the guilt was established, the only thing to be considered was the measure of punishment, The officers had made up their minds that Hammond's career as a soldier was not creditable, and this weighed strongly in bringing them to an agreement as to the punishment to be meted out to Lovering. The evidence showed that Capt. Lovering had been connected with -the United States military service for twenty-five years, and that his record had been a good one. A number of officers came out plainly and said they would not vote for a finding of guilty if Capt.
Lovering was to be given a humiliating punishment. It was argued that Hammond's record, when placed by the side of Capt. Lovering, was of such a character as to unavoidably gain some sympathy from the court for the officer. The finding of a court-martial is secret, under a solemn oath. The members of the court are sworn not to divulge the finding, or discuss it until it has reached the proper authority, which in this case is President The Lovering court-martial is the result of a direct order issued by the President, and he will be the reviewing officer in the case unless he surrenders the responsibility to Gen.
Alger, Secretary of War. Hunter, Judge-Advocate of the court, will have his record completed -day, and this, with the finding, will be forwarded to Washington to-night. It will probably be placed in the hands of the President on Monday, and after its inspection by Gen. Alger and Gen. Miles, the finding will be given out officiaily.
The public announcement will probably be made "by Thursday of next week. It is, of course, known that the President may change the sentence recommended by the court-martials. REPUBLICAN UNION THIRD WARDERS HAD A MERRY TIME AT SAENGERBUND HALL. The annual ball of the Republican Union of the Third ward was held in Saengerbund Hall, at Smith and Schermerhorn streets, last night. It was a very enjoyable affair.
The officers of the Union are: Ernest Jahn, president; John Hartmann, first vice-president; G. J. Reebhausen, vice-president; Pascal Rouget, financial secretary; James D. Crawford, recording secretary; George W. Walling, assistant recording secretary Morgenthaler, treasurer.
The committees in charge of the ball were: Floor manager, Charles Bayer; Floor Committee William Somerlad, J. Arthur Treacy, George W. Walling, Charles Johnson, William Lowe, Joseph E. Sands. Reception CommitteeThe Hon.
Ernest Jahn, chairman; M. J. Dady, J. Morgenthaler, William J. Glenn, James Van Dyke, J.
D. Crawford, Charles Guden, Charles Schmitt, J. McKenna, O. D. Saunders, R.
B. Caffrey, D. H. Ralston, Joseph Lipsitt, William H. Vass, E.
Smith, D. S. Brower, Alexander Hamilton, John Watson, H. Lingswiler, Frank Schrader; John Packenham, W. H.
West, William Sanford, E. J. Conway, George H. Morse, A Waldron, R. Ver Valen, James Lee, G.
J. Reebhausen, G. M. Abbott, Henry Pennie, S. G.
Calhoun, W. Stone, William R. Draper, Creigin, William Goodwin, William R. Fleming. Arrangements Committee--John Hartmann, chairman; Alex.
Adams, William Sanford, P. Rouget, Alex. Quinn, A. D. Saunders and William Somerlad.
SHOT BY HIS COMPANION. HUNTER JOHN SWAYNE WAS ACCIDENTALLY INJURED. John Swayne, 22 years old, may die as the result of a gunshot wound received accidentally yesterday in Flushing, L. I. The gun was carried by his friend, Frederick Haplin.
Swayne lives at 92 Vernon avenue, and his friend at 359 Flushing avenue. They went hunting near Great Neck yesterday, and in crossing a small ditch Swayne fell, and his friend stepped forward to aid him. Haplin had his gun under his right arm, and as he leaned over to assist his friend the gun went off. The charge of birdshot entered Swayne's abdomen and groin. Swayne was taken to the Flushing Hospital.
Dr. Kausmann attended the injured man, and said he thought the chances of recovery were about even with those of death. Both men agree that the shooting was entirely PLUNGED OVER BRIDGE. TWO YOUNG LADIES DROWNED AS THE RESULT OF A RUNAWAY. Middletown, Nov.
Mary and Katie Seaman were drowned yesterday afternoon, and their mother is in a dangerous condition, as the result of a runaway. They were driving across a bridge that spans the hydraulic north of this city, when the horse became frightened and plunged over the sideguard of the bridge into fifteen feet of water. The ladies went down with the horse and the spring wagon. Their screams brought help to the scene, but not in time to save the daughters, whose dead bodies were recovered. The mother was resuscitated with great difficulty, and is still in a serlous condition.
DRAKE. Next door to the corner of Beekman street was the pharmacy of Joseph Rodman Drake, considered by Halleck the handsomest man in New York City, who resided above his store, in rooms which the author of "Fanny" was a frequent visitor. Here the two. friends, whom Gen. Wilson styles "the Damon and Pythias of American poets," Dr produced some of Drake's their most whimsical popular "Croaker" verses; here poem, American Flag," was written, the concluding stanza being the composition of his friend; and here he.
lauguished in consumption and died at the early age of 25. Around the corner in Beekman street the Temple Court covers the place of an office of Poe's short-lived "Broadway and a few doors below it, at 118 Nassau street, was published the "American Review," in which, above the signature of "'Quarles," first appeared Raven," the imperishable poem which procured for Poe world-wide fame -Theodore F. Wolfe in Lippincott's. CARY THOMAS. Willam H.
Cary, son of ex-Alderman Isaac H. Cary, was married on Wednesday evening to Miss Katherine Beers Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beers Thomas, of Remsen street. The ceremony was performed at the First Presbyterian Church, on Henry street, by the Rev.
Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall, former pastor of the church, and now president of the Union Theological Seminary. The bride wore a gown of white silk adorned with satin folds and point lace. She wore a tulle veil and carried lilies of the valley and orchids. Miss Florence Martin, the maid of honor, wore pink mousseline de sole.
The bridesmaids were Miss Martica Walterman, of Southport, Miss Katherine Ousterhoudt, of Kingston, N. Miss Adele Ireland, of New York City; Miss Elizabeth Whitman, Miss Katherine Blake and Miss Ethel Valentine, of this city. All wore gowns of pale green mousseline de sole. Francis E. Frothingham was the best man.
The ushers were John D. Chapman, Edward S. Thomas. William Frothingham, Bayard Dominick, New York City; Caleb Rochford Stetson and John Cary Spring, of Boston. A reception was held after the ceremony at the home of the bride's parents.
CLARK-MAN. Miss Susan Man, a niece of Gen. Wingate, was married on Wednesday evening to Charles Cooper Clark, of Boston. The nuptials took place at the home of the Wingates, on Dean street. The Rev.
Dr. S. D. McConnell, rector of Holy Trinity Church, officiated. Miss Louise Wingate was the maid of honor.
Bayard Clark the best man. The ushers were Charles Wingate and George Wingate. The bride wore white taffeta and the maid of honor white mousseline de sole over yellow silk. Owing to the recent death of Gen. Wingate's father, the invitations to the ceremony were limited to relatives.
WEDDINGS. NEWELL -CRAFTS. The marriage of Miss Harriet Wells Crafts and William T. Newell was solemnized on Wednesday 'evening at the home of the bride's brother on Cumberland street. James T.
Newell, brother of the bridegroom, attended as best man. The ushers were Henry S. De Wart and Benjamin H. Newell. The bride was attended by her two little nieces, daughters of J.
Dunton Crafts. The Rev. Dr. John Fox, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, performed the ceremony. Mr.
and Mrs. Crafts will reside at the home of the bridegroom at Bensonhurst, ESQUIROL-SNYDER. Miss Nellie Snyder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
J. Snyder, of 234 East Twentyfirst street, was married Wednesday evening at the home her parents, to Daniel Lewis Esquirol, of 127 West Clarkson street. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. C.
L. Wells, pastor of the Reformed Dutch Miss Josephine Winters was maid of honor, and Miss Frances A. Esquirol, sister of the bridegroom, was bridesmaid. Phillip A. Snyder, brother of the bride, was best man, and the ushers were J.
J. Snyder, and Joseph H. Esquirol. Frank Snyder, nephew of the bride. was page.
The bride wore a gown of white satin, trimmed with lace, and a tulle veil. She carried a white prayerbook. The maid of honor wore pink silk, and the bridesmaid, pink brocaded satin, and diamonds. After the ceremony a reception was held. MEYER-NORWOOD.
The marriage of Miss Lizzie Norwood, of 395 East Fourteenth street, Flatbush, and Albert L. Meyer, of 300 Seventh avenue, took place last night at the residence of the bridegroom's sister, Mrs. Charles Lang, 248 Avenue Flatbush, the Rev. Dr. J.
Heischman, of the Bedford Avenue Lutheran Church, officiating. Miss Louise Schilgen was maid of honor, and Frederick Mohrman was best man. The bride wore a gown of white organdie, and the maid of honor was gowned in pink organdie. A reception followed the ceremony. FRANK-DEIN.
avenue. SHANNON-GARMANY. Another interesting wedding on Wednesday evening was that of Miss Katherine Dein and William J. Frank, which was celebrated at St. Paul's German Methodist Episcopal Church.
at Penn street and Marcy avenue. The Rev. J. Hauser, pastor of the church, performed the ceremony. There was no best man.
The bride was attended by Miss Katherine Frank, sister of the bridegroom, and by her niece, Miss Katherine Dein. The ushers were: J. Bachmeyer, Charles Wendells, Alexander Kenneth, and William Bachmeyer. The bride wore white silk, trimmed with lace, and a tulle veil. A reception was held after the ceremony at the home of the bride's mother, 104 Harrison One of the interesting events of the season in the Bay Ridge section was the wedding on Wednesday evening of Miss Elizabeth Garmany, daughter of Geurge Parker Garmany, to Arthur Henry Shannon, a young business man of New York City.
The ceremony took place at the residence of the bride's parents, 82 Fifty-seventh street. The officiating minister was the Rev. Robert T. pastor of the Fourth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Fourth avenue and Fifty street. The parlors of the house were handsomely decorated with palms, potted plants and flowers.
The bridal procession entered to the strains of "The Voice That Breathed O'er rendered on the violin and piano by Alexander McLaren and William King. The bridegroom was accompanied by his bestman, C. H. L. Molloy.
Behind them came the maid of honor, Miss Minnie Garmany, sister of the bride, and the bridesmaid, Miss Minnie J. Colwell, of New York City. The bride was attired in a gown of organdie over white silk, trimmed with lace, and a sash of white satin. She carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums and maidenhair ferns. The maid of honor was dressed in a gown of pale green organdie over green silk, trimmed with lace.
She carried a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums. Miss Colwell wore a light pink organdie over a pink silk and carried a bouquet of pink chrysanthemums. Mrs. Garmany, mother of the bride was gowned in black silk trimmed with white satin and chiffon. The presents received made a very handsome and valuable collection.
Among the invited guests were the Rev. Robert T. McNicholl and Mrs. McNicholl, the Rev. F.
H. Smith, pastor of the Seventh Street Methodist Episcoual Church of New York City, and Mrs. Smith; the Rev. John H. Knott and Mrs.
Knott, of North Canton, Robert Shannon, brother of the bridegroom and Mrs. Shannon: Mr. and Mrs. S. McCoubrey and Master George McCoubrey, Miss M.
E. McCoubrey, Wallingrord, Miss May T. Menary, Miss Martha Menary, Miss Mary Harrison, Elizabeth, N. Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Trimble, Dr. and Mrs. Delahey, Toronto, Canada; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin B.
Wallace, Toronto, Canada; Mr. and Mrs. Salary, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith Peekskill, N.
Miss May Barry, formerly of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colwell and Miss Colwell, and William Hobson, of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Allen, New York City; Miss Jeanette Allen, New York City; William H. Van Tassell, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Little, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence E. Hopkins, Miss Hendrix, Mr. and Mrs. Francis MacLaren, Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Caldron, Tenney Smith, William Crowell, William W. Crowell, William H. Ward, Miss Grace Davenport and Harry Davenport, Mr. and Mrs. Bates New York City; the Messrs.
David E. Thomas, Robert McCordock, William McCordock, Samuel H. Moore, Thomas H. Allingham, William Freeman, Joseph T. Jackson, William J.
H. King and Prof. Otto Hackh. BRINKERHOFF-LARSON. The Rev.
Dr. Charles L. Goodell, pastor of the Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church, officiated last evening at the marriage of Miss Olga Marguerite Larson and John M. Brinkerhoff, both of this city. The bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Larson, of 377 First street, and the nuptials were celebrated at that address. Miss Lillian Larson, sister of Cherry Pectoral is the best remedy that I know of for La Rev. J. K.
CHASE, South Hampton, N. H. HALF-SIZE BOTTLES, 50c. the bride, the maid of honor. Albert Brinkerhoff was the best man.
OESTERREICHER-CAHILL. Walter M. Oesterreicher, of 178 Penn street, this city, married on Wednesday evening to Katherine CahillMails at St. James' Church, Newark, N. by the pastor, the Rev.
P. Cody. The bridegroom was attended by Finlay Mackenzie, of this city. Miss Madge Hunt, of Newark, was the bridesmaid. A wedding supper was served after the ceremony at the home of bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John J. Cahill, 98 Jackson street, Newark, N. J. CASSIDY-DUNNE.
Miss Nellie Dunne, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunne, of Warren street, was married on Wednesday to Francis J. Cassidy. The ceremony was performed at St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, corner of Court and Congress streets, by the Rev.
Frank Sullivan, assisted by the Rev. Dr. John Ferry and the Rev. William Hill, rector of the church. The bride wore white silk, and her sister, Miss Agnes Dunne, as maid of honor, was also dressed in white.
Peter D. Bryne was best man. The ushers were James Davis, Joseph Bryne, John Dunne and Stephen Bryne. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride's mother. The bridegroom is a member of St.
Peter's Catholic Library Association. He is also a prominent Knight of Columbus. Delegations from both of these societies witnessed the ceremony. Mr. Cassidy is connected with a trade paper in New York City.
After he and his bride return from their tour they will reside at Bensonhurst. MULLEN-GUILFOYLE. The Church of St. Charles Borromeo, on Sydney place, was the scene of a quiet but happy wedding on Wednesday afternoon, when Miss Marietta Guilfoyle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Guilfoyle, of Atlantic avenue, was united in marriage, to M. Edward Mullen, inspector of schools at Franklin, The bride, an attractive young woman, was becomingly attired in a traveling costume of brown broadcloth, and carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums. At her throat gleamed a handsome and costly diamond pin, a gift from the groom. C. Victorine de Buck, carrying a cluster of pink chrysanthemums, acted as maid of honor, best man appearing in the person of the bride's: uncle, Thomas Guilfoyle.
The march was rendered by Miss Katie A. Derham, while the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Ward. The bride until recently, and for number of years, had been connected with Public School No. 78, on Pacific street near Court street, as teacher, and many of her former associates were present to witness the ceremony.
After an extended wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Mullen will return to their permanent residence at Franklin. A DOUBLE WEDDING. A double wedding occurred on Thanksgiving Eve at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles L. Staton, 366 Van Buren street. The contracting parties were Sophie Frances Staton and William T. Leggett, and Helene Harriet Staton and James Wellington Rutherford.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Edwin A. Blake, pastor of the Epworth M. E.
Church, DeKalb and Bushwick avenues. Only immediate relatives of the families were present. They were: Mrs. Phelps Parker, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Nesbitt, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Rutherford, Mr.
and Mrs. William Woodhouse and Harry Staton. TAXPAYERS COMBINE. BAY RIDGE PROPERTY OWNERS FORM AN ASSOCIATION. A large number of property owners of Bay Ridge Park met yesterday for the purpose of forming a protective association at the home of J.
Lohman, in Seventythird street, near Tenth avenue. Dr. E. A. Paul was chairman and M.
C. Peixotto was secretary. After a number of important matters in relation to the forming of the association were discussed, it was stated that, as the place was rapidly becoming populated and houses were being erected as quickly as possible, it was necessary that the taxpayers and residents should have some protection. The place is in need of improvements, for which the property owners are paying taxes to the city. With the improvements completed the property will increase in value, and the place will be one of the most desirable in the Thirtieth ward.
Another question which was discussed at some length was the school and railroad service. At present the residents are put to much inconvenience by the railroad company operating cars through the district. The cars are run at infrequent intervals, and many people having business in New York City have trouble in travel. At the close of the meeting the property owners decided to form an organization, to be known as the Bay Ridge Protective Association. It will be on the plan of the Citizens' Association of Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton, and will endeavor to fight for the taxpayers' rights and to secure the improvements needed.
MANUFACTURERS WILL MEET. ARRANGING FOR A CONVENTION IN NEW YORK CITY. At a meeting of the special committee of the general officers of the National Association of Manufacturers, appointed to arrange for holding a convention in New York City, held on Thursday night in the Times Building, that city, it was decided to hold a convention at the Waldorf-Astoria on Jan. 25, 26 and 27. It will be closed by a banquet on the night of the 27th, as which it is expected that 2,000 guests will be entertained.
The following special committee was appointed to make final arrangements for the convention and banquet: Henry B. Haigh, A. R. Whitney, Norton P. Otis, Philip Dodge, George H.
Robinson, and E. A. McAlpin; SHAM BATTLE IN TORONTO. THANKSGIVING DAY OBSERVED THROUGHOUT CANADA. Toronto, Nov.
was observed throughout Canada as a day of thanksgiving. The feature in this city was a review of Volunteer Militia of this district by Governor-General Lord thou Aberdeen and Gascoigne, commender of the Canadian Militia. Three thousand five hundred men took part in the review. At its conclusion a sham battle took place in which all of the militia took part. Despite a drizzling rain, an enormous crowd of people witnessed the spectacle.
PLAYED WITH MATCHES LITTLE ROSIE GEALE WAS FATALLY BURNED. When she was not being watched, yesterday afternoon, little Rosie Geale, at her home, 519 Carroll street, played with matches, setting her dress afire. She rushed to her mother, who extinguished the flames, but not until the child had been severely burned. In reply to a call sent in by a policeman, an ambulance and Surgeon Sherwood, of Seney Hospital, arrived on the scene. Although Surgeon Sherwood saw that the injuries were probably fatal, he took the girl to the hospital, where everything that might save her life was resorted to, but in vain.
The child died at 9 P. MARYLAND LINE. Soldierly Gift From Its Fourth Regiment to Our Forty-seventh. NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS FROM BALTIMORE AT THE THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION IN THE MARCY AVENUE ARMORY--THEIR ARTISTIC RECOGNITION OF BROOKLYN GUARDSMEN'S COURTESY. The Forty-seventh Regiment celebrated Thanksgiving Day, according to their long-established custom, on Wednesday evening, with a review and dress parade, followed by a dance in which representatives from other regiments of Brooklyn and New York City participated, as well as some, from a greater distance.
Assembly sounded about 8 o'clock, the formation being in two battalions, eight commands of twelve files each. The reviewing officer was Gen. James McLeer, commanding the Second Brigade, accompanied by the following members of his staff: J. B. Frothingham, Assistant Majo: P.
H. McNulty, Quartermaster; Major Edward M. Grout, Judge-Advocate; William E. C. Mayer, Inspector; Major Charles W.
Tracy, Commissary of Subsistence; Capt. J. H. Shults, Aide-de-Camp. After the review in line, the regiment formed for the passage in review in column of masses, the lack of present available space preventing the usual formation.
The marching was excellent, and the salutes of the officers, almost without exception, prompt, and delivered at the proper distance. During the evolutions the regiment executed the favorite Seventh Regiment movement; columns right and left, which, considering the rather cramped space, was successfully performed, though wider room would have given it more imposing effect. The dress parade was taken by William H. Hubbell, and passed off satisfactorily. The salute to the colors closed the military ceremonies.
This ceremony was performed creditably, but the plan adopted by some other regiments of lowering the flag from the rafters, in lieu of the tall flagstaff of the camp grounds, would have made it more effective, and' left less to the imagination of the spectators. The armory was crowded. One of the unexpected events of the evening, to most of those present, proved to be the most pleasing. It was a genuine surprise to the majority of those who witnessed it. Between dress parade and "to the colors" a delegation, or detachment, as one may choose, entered the drill hall, in the uniform of the Maryland National Guard, and including commissioned and non-commissioned officers.
Two stalwart soldiers bore between them a burden, draped with the national flag. The party proved to be as follows: Col. Howard, commanding Fourth Franklin D. Swazey, formerly of the ForRegiment, Maryland National Guard: J. Frank Supplee, Major ty-seventh; Capts.
Jay, Hoffman and Schmidt; Lieuts. Stesch and Fetzer, Sergeant-Major H. C. Tolle, Sergeants Standard-Bearers S. B.
Gildea and Lee Rice, and Sergeant Fonschell. Col. Howard advanced, and addressing Col. Eddy as the commander of what he' said they had learned to regard as the representative regiment of Brooklyn, said the Fourth Maryland desired to tender them some acknowledgment for the courtesles they had received during their visit on last Memorial Day, and presented Supplee as the orator of the evening, incidentally remarking that Baltimore expected to see him in the Senate soon. The Lieutenant-Colonel, a man of fine military presence, proved to be a rare orator as well, addressing his hearers in what old Homer called "winged words." His speech was replete with the most qualified American patriotism and nationalism, 'and his allusions to the beauty of the ladies of Brooklyn and Baltimore were a gracefully expressed compliment.
In he begged the acceptance of the gift they had brought, describing its nature and meaning as the flag was removed, for the benefit of those too far from it to see its beauties. As he ceased the band played "Maryland, My Maryland." Col. Eddy, though completely surprised by the friendly onslaught, held his ground well, and made a graceful rejoinder to Col. Supplee's speech, expressing appreciation of the gift and the givers on the part of the regiment. The gift was a pyrographic panel, an allegorieal picture, burned upon white holly wood My the new process of platinum points.
and representing Brooklyn presenting the keys of the city to Baltimore, or, as Major Swazey afterwards explained it to a coterie of fair listeners, it "represented the Brooklyn blonde and the Baltimore brunette." The artist, Capt. Louis Schmidt, of the Fourth Maryland, called it "The Hospitality of the Forty-seventh. to Maryland." In the centre of the picture, on the steps leading to a massive gateway, stands a fairhaired, graceful female figure in flowing, classical robes, her face beaming with welcome, while she extends with her right hand a bunch of great keys to a handsome dark-haired woman, from whoge shoulders falls in graceful folds a cloak of velvet and ermine; she inclines in courteous acknowledgment of the gift as she reaches her hand for the keys. Brooklyn's left hand is filled with fruits, symbols of abundance and good cheer. On the massive walls behind and above her hangs the escutcheon of the United States, flanked on right and left by the arms of New York and Maryland, while airy floating cherubs flit about the two urban geniuses bearing shields charged with the city seals of Brooklyn and Baltimore.
In the lower left hand of the panel, speaking heraldically, or the right, as books are read, is inserted a copper plate, which shows at present a soft grayish tint, with this inscription in illuminated text: "Forty-seventh Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y.
Comrades- With and open with hand much of friendship extended, heartfel appreciation, the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, Md. N. sends you fraternal greetings, in remembrance of your unbounded courtesy and hospitality to the Second Battalion of this command during their visit to Brooklyn, N. on Memorial Day, May 31, 1897, which henceforth will be to them a day of pleasure as as a precious (Signed) WM. HOWARD, Col.
Fourth Md. N. G. FRANKLIN P. SWAZEY; Maj.
Fourth commanding Second Battalion. The panel, which is a work of art, and thoroughly unique in its way, was viewed in the Colonel's room during the evening by hundreds of the guests. COMMANDER BOOTH TUCKER. THE SALVATION ARMY LEADER TO VISIT BROOKLYN. Commander Booth Tucker will come to Brooklyn on Monday Dec.
29, to take part in the grand march and mass meeting of the Salvation Army. The Central Staff of officers of Greater New York will meet the Commander at the Brooklyn Headquarters of the army, 221 Washington street. A line will be formed, and led by Commander, the army will march to the City Hall steps, where an open-air meeting will be held. From the City Hall the army will march to the Baptist Temple, corner Third avenue and Scherinerhorn street, and attend a mass meeting. Commander Booth will deliver an address.
On Tuesday evening, 30, the army will hold a mass Sheeting at Carnegie Hall, New York City. INCENDIARY FIRE. $100,000 WORTH OF PROPERTY BURNED AT PENSACOLA. Pensacola, Nov. $100,000 worth of property was burncel yesterday morning by an incendiary fire in the old compress building, which was used by several firms as a warehouse for the storage of hay and feed stuffs.
The fire spread from this building to Clubb's lumber yard, the freight house of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and the company's new freight house. The latter was filled to the roof with merchandise that had been pouring in since the removal of quarantine restrictions. The contents of both freight depots were destroyed..
