New-York tribune., 1883-03-11
GUARANTY COMPANIES AT ODDS.


Judge Noah Davis in the Supreme Court General
Term issued an order on Friday appointing James
McNamee referee to lnNesugat9 ine % i"n %1 "itu
financial responsibility of the Fidelity and Casualty
Insurance Company. This company has ngured
rather extensively in the courts as guaranior ID
bonds and undertakings IN clyIl cases, ana u was
stated by fudge Davis that his purpose IN making
tie order was to learn whether 1t was SAFE 10 per-
nit it TO go on becoming security IL eases Casrs
as of The opinion that the last statement made by
the company was not satisfactory because IL dld
not give the details OF the Liabilities: ne au%Ged %
that there had been intimations that dlvldends ha1
been paid hy the company out OF Its capla instead
of its earnings, and that other companies dong
z similar business had applied 10 the court lot
revocation of he order under which the guaTan-
ties Of the Fidelity and Casualty Company had
been received
reporter of the TBlBUSE, who learned
that there had zen for some time an active cOnpe-
titiOn for the guarantee business Detween ihe
FideIity and CasuaIty Company and the Guarantee
Company of North America, a Canadian institution
that was the pioneer this line OF insurance In the
city. There has been an interchange Oh cOIIeepon-
dence between the companies and stirring War
has been carried on by means OF open etteIs %
stockholders and clients John VI. Crane, me sec
retary of the first mentioned company, said yester-
day that he was convinced of the origin Of the as
saut the publication at present was
the end il would result IN good consequently tne
president of the company, william, N. Kchafds.
had written t0 the referee appointed by TIE court
and requested him TO make au examination as
speedily as possible. lie added that he purposed TO
by beginning an action on contract tOr rem
surance Of theelevaed railway employees, which was
repudiated ny the Guarantee Company on, the
ground that 1t had not teen approved by the nome
office in Cauadl notwithstanding th&tlt was signed
here by the secretary ad interim. ,,,
Mr. McNamee the referee. said he had known
nothing about the matter until lie received nus
appointment yesterday. -
INFANT CLASS WORK IN SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
The first Primary Teachers Institute was held
Yesterday IN the chapel OF the Rev. DIR. Howard
Crosby's church, at Twenty secOnd-st and Fourth
ave. under the auspices Of the New-York Primary
Union. The Union is a department OF the
New-York Sunday school Association devoted TO
the instruction in the infant classes
of Sunday II is undeDominatiOnal. and adj
Inits the teachers aud others interested in infant
class work fIoIa all the churches i'll the city Nearly
all the churches were represented IN the institute
yesterday, although the wea herTwas unfavorable
and the seats of the chapel were filled with ladies
dSns 4s %ons cTas aaq pfegGeG snd sG
interesting musical exercises were conducted by
Mrs Joseph f. KDapp. W. d. Porter addressed the
institute II the morning on spiritual work with
w. Clark Miss Hattie N. Morris Mics N. Van Mar
ter and Mrs. Mary A. Lathbury;
Teaching" hing Mrs. j. S. ostrander presented
a number of plans of holiday entertainments.
giving an account of the exercises and the
decorations that she had made use OF on several oc
casiops. Remarks were also made by Mrs. NJ 6;
Kennedy, of Philadelphia, and Hope Ledyard, and
the meeting was closed by Mrs. w. +. Crafts.
lunch was served at noon in the chapel The insti-
tute resulted satisfactorily that 1t is intended to
have it at reguarintervals.
GENERAL WOODFORD OUT OF OFFICE.
General Stewart l.. Woodford locked his desk at
the District Attorney once at o'clock last night
with the remark that lie was as glad to leave tue
ONCE as he had been to enter 1t. He wrote yoster
day letter TO Elhu Root by whom he Is sue
ceeded explaining the routine OF the Office and call
ing attention to several OF the moro important cases
awaiting trial. He also sent 10 Acknowledgement
Brewster report of the business OF the Office siuce
June 80 lsS2. From this it appears that sl0
cases have been begun and 1873 closed since The
opon most OF which are suits against collectors tln
concluding the report General Woodlord says:
There were open on the dockets this oice I'm Janu-
ary, 1877 when became the Attorney OF the United
States about $500 Since then have commenced
the prosecution undertaken the defence OF about
1850 new cases, making total of about "a 90 suits
and proceedings These IA 100 have all been dis
posed Of except the 2667 cases pending and here
with reported.
Assistant District Attorney Wallace has resigned
his position, the resi- gnation TO take effect next
week. Mr.. Wallace expects TO enter General Wood
fors law frm Ii pected that Assistant District
Attorney Fiero will resign when ho can do so with
out embarrassing the new District Attorney.
A dinner was given TO General Woodford last
night at Delmonicos by his assistants In the once.
Tie table was set for nine persons: General WOOD
ford. Assistant District Attorneys William L.
Fiero, Samuel b. Clarke. I. Is Hill, william y.
Wallace Charles +. james, j. Z. Clark and u. Ef.
Howard, aud ex-Assistapt District Attorney
Thomas Greenwood.
JUMPING THIRTY FEET FROM A WINDOW.
Anne Leahy, on complaint Of her sister, Mary
McKenna, of No. IT'S Tenth-ave., was arrested on
Friday night as vagrant aud also as lunatic
She was locked up in the Tyyenty-second Precinct
nj: far1a wa