New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
aooinst streetcar II was killed by the collision.
Tho onyn.r oaid that IL WA worth i;S, 600.

The Iyth Asse nnIy District Republican Associa-
ton met last night at new headqnartets 20 III
East Broadway. The resolutions irI, Gno ~ tba
District Association proposing amendments 10 tne
constitution were referred to the delegates 10 INC
Central Committee.
PUTTING SMALL VALUE ON HIS SKULL IL. -.
Theodore Heger, mechanic OF No. lot uf tbc
on Monday afternoon was struck on the top Oh ine
head with hammer by his employer, Emil ou sui
of No. 14O Centre-st., and his skull was
fractured. Heger said that he would NOT maze az
complaint if Suhr wOulk pay his wages until ne re-
covered. and also pay the doctors Diils' gum
ngreed to the terms.
BAsKfNG SHARK on EXHIBITION.
The keeper of the Life-Saving st .tion at Amagan"
sett l.. L. a few days ago captured q basklng shark
ten feet long. The baskiDg shark is rare nsn ~
these waters. 1t was Immediately sent to y, ".
Blaokford az Fulton Market by whom III VIII DC
Fish Commission at Washington. the shark Is
now exhibition in Fulton Market
REMOVING SNOW AND ICE FROM THE STREETS;
The work of removing the snow and ice from the
streets was continued yesterday BY the Street
Cleaning Department and contractors. Inc snow
was IN good part removed from Broadway. between
rwenty-tGird aud Thirty fourth sts and Fulton,
Wall Corlandt, Liberty and Chambers sits. were
placed in pretty fair conduon. A good deal OF
snow was removed from West Broadway, Canal,
Fourteenth and Twentythrd sts.
FALLING FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
George Plan. a rivetter. employed on the BROOK
Ign Bridge. fell yesterday afternoon from the
bridge to a roof in Front-st. lie sustained com
ture If the foot and internal injuries. Tic was
taken in an ambulance to Chambers Street H0spl-
tai. where his injuries are considered srrious i1ah
is unmarried and lives mt No. 302 Pearl-st.
LECTURES on GR~AT ORATORS.
The Rev. DR.. w. II. Milburn will deliver course
of eight morning lectures on 1.-The Great Orators"
in ChlckerIng HAL; beginning to-morroW. ne
second lecture will be given on next Monday;
he subjects will I've as follows: "Demosthene',
"Ciceron John Pym." Lord Halifax" " Lord
Chatham" Burke. Fox. Pitt and Sheridan Pat
.nd s,ftiav onb WahsfprO The leo
lures will be historical aud picturesque rather than
critical and technical.
TRANSFER OF THE CHARTER OAK PROPERTY.
Joseph NJ. Emanuel has for nominal conSldera-
ton acquired the premises owned until recently
by the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company NJ NOS
90, II aud 70 Broadwat. 80 BrOad-st. and 81 an /
SO Newest. The Broadway property extends along
Recior-st. TO New-Church and the Manhattan Ell
evatcd Railroad Company leases most OF u. MORT
CAGES on the properly amounting to S0s5, 200 are
assumed Ivy Mr.. Emanuel, who II Is Thought, Is tne
agent of James X. Kcenc IN the transaction.
SUICIDE FROM FERRYBOAT.
While the irrrg boat Monticello was on its way
from its Whitehall-st. pier to Brooklyn MT 9:l5
a. m. yesterday man about sixty years Old
Jumped overheard and was drowned A woman on
The hoat sad the man was her husband. William
ConkliIg, and that they recently had arrived IN
a boarding mouse in Wesist. She did rot know
why her husband had committed suicide.
ALTERATIONS TO CHICKERING HALL.
Inspector Esterbrook yesterday sent to CHECKER
to make alterations in the gallery stairs, so as to
afford better means OF egress In case OF fire or
panic. The stairs are 20 be ut least six feet WIDE,
with riseTs not To exceed eight inches and treads
not less than eleven ana Onc-balf inches, and the
winding landing steps at the TOD must be dispensed
with" Several other alterations were ordered.
MR. PARNELL's DEBTS.
At n meeting of the Central Body Of the Parnell
Land League las. night az No. 81 Union place,
letter was read from Mr. Parnel requesting that
the subscription now beng collected by his friends
-, sl,a, fnr fha NJ IN
Cumbrances his estates should be stopped. lie
could not. under any circumstances. he said, think
of awaiting him elf of IT, He also stated that the
amount of his debt had been sOmsw hat exaggerated
and that he confident OF his ability 10 pay 1t.
ExoNERATING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The Male Prmcpa Is Association at "A meeting nj
adopted resolutions declaring that it recognized the
action of the Board of Education in reducing the
salaries Of teachers and other employees as one OF
necessity and nor OF choice. The reso buttons added
that the members of the association believed that
he Board of Education had acted with sound jndg-
ment and in designed 10 cause a. little dis
tress % the teachers as possible.
APPRoPWATING HIS EMPLOYERS MONEY.
Milford McMillen. age nineteen, of No. III East
Twelfth St. was arraiGn"d h@fors Justice smith
Yesterday afternoon at rho Tombs Police Court for
having white IN the employ clerk of Phelps
BrOthfrs, No. % BTOad-st., on January y appropr-
atcd 1924 63 collected from the Empire City, Fire
Imsnra ce Company. He was held IN default of
81 900 bail.
The pr soner who n held as AnatOle Count tho
defaultng ca her Of firm az Dole, France. was
taken before Commissioner Osborn yesterday, Out
his examination was postponed ill next week To
await the arrival OF docu nents from France. "A
book was found on the prisoner beaanng the NAM I'm.
of Gouut and containing accOun's, but he does not
admit that he Is the man who IS sought
VAULT RELIEVED ToSBE SAFE.
Tho Manhattan Safe Deposit and Storage Com
pany. at Nos. $40 and 3iS Broadway, has vault
constructed OF alternate plates of steel ana ron the
IL ~ surrounded by two and onehalf ieet OF brick
laid in cement, and the outside doors, five inches
thick are fitted with the most approved time and
combination locks. The vault stands IN the middle
OF a room, and is under constant guard.
TIE BAPTIST HOME SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting OF the Ladies' Baptist Home
SO iety took place 'erlay at the Home IN East
Sixty.righth-st The afternoon was devoted TO the
sale of fancy articles made by the inmates. In the
evening the pleasant parlOrs OF the Home were
crowded with visitors. The Rev. DIR. Brdgman
presided. The treasurers report showed the re-
ceipts for tbs year 10 have been $4,000. The
officers of last year were reelected. Addresses
we're delivered by the Rev, Drs. Armitagc aud
Keudrick and the Rev. ii. o. Hiscox.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE.
The Aldermen yesterday adopted a resolution
that the FIRE Department should be- requested 10
make thorough inspection OF all pubic huldlngS,
manufac iOrirs and institutions, and to report the
means iurnIshe for escape in case OF ire also to
detail men To examine and report daily the means
OF escape case of fire, aud the manner III Which
combusrble materials stored in the school build
,noq and their proximity to the furnace. II was
also recommended that each public school should
have telegraphc communication with the mead
quarters OF the Fire department.
PAYMENT OF ELECTION OFFICIALS:
Inauiries nave teen made of THE TRIBUNE by per
sons - mo served ms United States marshals and SUI
nervisors IN 1882 as to when those officers will be
maid Marshal Erhardt says in reference 10 the
matter that he has been Informed from Washington
thnt fine money for the payment OF the supervisors
viii soon be- sent and he may be able to begin pay
inc for the services rendered at the last election
within n few weeks. The money for the payment
of be election marshals of 1882 has been received.
ana they will probably be paid Mt tho Narsiaps
Office next week.
AN UNUSUAL WAY TO ANSWER CORRESPONDENTS
Cntharlne IIearn u servant of No. 100 West