New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-03
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
sporyELs OF THE THEATRE FIRE.

QEAyfEIS OF HE luGhhhA A~s>~'
number of persons lSitersa the men dig
H. ont a few bits of colored dIaperies Inc IN
nrsnce adiusters were at Work " s room of Mr. Alb
svs smSloyes were searching In the ruins OF the
Ion 8oor for the basket of costumes Deiongng ~
Nilsson Mr. ASssy oRsSshIT The Basket
taned Nine Nelson's "Lohengrin and faust
dresses: .,r. C,.u, ,rho d;ad AZ tho Nav.
yort Hospital from the effects of burns received IN
tho fire took place yesterday afternoon AZ o.
Augustine's Chapel in East Houston-st Inc AZ,
tendance was very large, nearly all OF th nj "i
Theatre employees and many members of the lhea t
rical Mechanics Association being present: lie
Rev. A. c. kimber the pastor conduc,eu i 1ho Gene
monies The inerment was at Cyprus hiiiS ~ GeiS ST.
terry Clark had been communcana cant az az one
Augustines Chapel for two years, and acseu a. t,i
Of the ushers He Leaves YES fnnsrs OF John Leo
whose remains were found on "Wednesday WI Sse
place this afternoon from his former nome he laid in
calvary Cemetery beside that of his VIE, "no ueu
five years ago He leaves two dausnTS66 a younger
nneteep and FIJI iso Sg1 lasf month her friends
fear that her fathers death will seriously ,h.elleIo
with her prospects If means can DC i9uhu 20 SUP
mort her until her studies are compieted' her hu'ui0'
n is thought. will be reasonably safe oa. ,,in
If has not yet been decided when the oenehV NJ
be gwen Tor the families OF the deau nlen nf GU gu
Abbey received an unexpected contribution Oh 20
Yesterday from Philip bowling, the Keeper vi
igmor shop near the Grand Opera House. ...;
Marshal
,oanv of FRANCIS Magee, Of No. 80 East thirty
third-st who was at work in the theatre drapIhs
the boxes about half hour before the hre 9Loke
ont ON Monday The witness SAID tbat While no
Svas ,trapIng Mr. Abbey's box, about ten minutes
be fore be left the theatre he nouGeu that .no p
tion wall on the side nearest the stage was &
,,nch heated He thought at the time that IL must
have been caused by gas Jet on the otIeI siue o
fhe wall lie did not investigate me matter, as ine
circumstance did not appear to hlm strange; ne
IA NOT ncrceive the smell of smoke or fire. Other
witnesses viii be examined by MI Sheluoh to-u"y'
MEETING OF TIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
u O. Robbins. the chairman of the late Special
Committee OF the Chamber of Commerce TO consider
lie practlcabllity of National bankrupt
law presented an elaborate statement on tue SUP
iect al a meeting OF the Chamber yesterday. l ne
Teport reviews the history of bankruptcy leglsla-
tion in Great Britain France. the United states
and other countries Mr.. hoOOms sad
that the one =, great mistake III h previous fSs
TOO servile imitation OF Engnsh laws
Tie added that the committee were not appointed 10
originate new measure, but 10 cooperate VIII
the merchants of Boston and other commercial
cities in dlafting suitable act. The committees
had confined themselves, therefore 10 CORRESPOND
ence with commercial bodies and to criticism OF
the various bankruptcy measures that nave Deen
nroposed The committee had, IN the Iast three
years examined all the papers relating 10 tIe SUI c
iect of bankruptcy which had been SEM 10 lue
Chamber. and vast amount OF information LAO
been obtained from them. Mr.. Rollins stated tnat
he had made a summary OF THESE III MS IepoiV "
enable the mercantile public to decide on the Dest
plan to be adopted III the coming session OF Con-
gress IL was resolved to print ZooO copies Ot the
report. ..: C.,o
a communication from John Austin Stevens
stated that 1t was his duty TO invite attention 10
the approaching anniversary of the GROWING event
of the keyolutlon-the evacuation of this city by the
British troops on November 20, 1888" lie asked
the appointment of committee of thirteen TO con-
fer and cooperate with the municipal authorities III
regard TO the celebration of the event. lhe matter
was referred to the Executive Committee.
A communication from the Pilot commissioners
.l..l.,o tna n q
slider he practcability Of introducing steam INTO
the pilot service Ambrose Snow, president OF the
Pilot Board stated that this question was sur
rounded with many difficulties IL was possible
that something might occur at an early date that
would not make il necessary TO comply with the re,
quest Any attempt to change the pilot service had
10 be done IN concert with the New-Jersey Com
missiOners He feared that any bad management
w0uld drive all of the Sandy Hook pilots to the
control of the New-Jersey Commissioners 1t was
NOT possible he added under the circumstances TO
act Immediately upon the question +. Albert
Boxer, John W. Ellis, "; NJ. Ha6nshaw, Max
Mack Edmund 5. Mills and James ii. Seymour were
elected members of the Chamber