New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-18
NEM-YORK CITY.

The steam-tug Trojan broke down Yesterday of
Sands Point and was tOwed to this city by the ting
S. +. Roe
A FERRY CoMPANYs Election.
The stockholders of the NewHoTk Ferry Company
Yesterday reelected the old Board of Directors ex
SeptinG William Ravenstein who fills tho vacancy
caused by the death of A. V. stout.
ANOTHER FALSE OIL RUMOR DENIED.
IT, is not true that the Standard Oil Company ana
the Tidewatcr Pipe Line have concluded an agree
mcnt i'm regard to the rates of refined oil or the
charge for pipeagc service to OIL producers
RANK CHANG ITS NAM
The Wall Street National Bank went ont of eX-
istcuce yesterday and the wall street BANK 9rean-
lied under the State laws, will be opened today IN
its stead with capital OF SJUO'Uu" ana inc IIBhV
TO increase it to 50 100000.
THE WEST SHORE MAIL SERVICE.
Complaints continue to be made of the service OF
the mails at the towns along the west shore Ran
mails day is entirely inadequate to the needs OF
the people.
Tur QUESTION or Nrws-srANDs ~ THE STREETS
The Board of Aldermen Yesterday referred a rcSo-
luton granting permission tO the propuctgrS ol 4I
daily newspapers to erect ncwspapGr-stands on ne
naySmruts within fifty feet of each elevated rail-
way station TO the Committee on streets.
FINED FOR SENDING An OBSCENE LETTER.
Convicted of libel Ia sending an obscene letter to
Gustaye A. Elder, real estate agent 81 49, -
Broadway. recently, Royal Ball of Woodsidc l., J.,
was yesterday sentenced IN the court OF Spcclal
Sessions to pay fine OF 500
ATTEMPTING TO STAB polio MAJ.
Officer ButtingcI, of the Eighteenth Precinct,
arrested Bernard Fitz,immons yesterday morning
IN Sccond-avc when the prisoner made a luugc al
him with a case knife. fltzsmmons was held IN
81 800 bail in the lorkylle Police Court Tor cA-
animation.
FOR ST. LAwEFNCE'- CHURCH.
A performance of llumpty Dumpty,' for the
benefit Of st. LawrcuccS Church M Eighty, fourth
ST. has been gwen by the Dcncr troupe NJ the Lex
iagton Avenue Opera House tins week, aud VIII be
repeated this evening aud tomorrow.
.AyID FROM SUICIDE ~ \ prCKUtND
Frederick MARITIME, German, age torty-ulU", OF
No. 20 Walwouh-St, Brooklyn, jumped INTO the
East River from a tathrruc-,t. fyrrybuat aud wa,
rescued by dcck-haudS ON the tugh"ai George h"';
The police sent him TO tie Chambers street Hospital
as prisoner.
RATS ON SUGAR RrFINEElrS.
The Ncw-York Board of Fire Underwriters met
yesterday. After dealing with minor matters ih"
question of rating Ncw-lurk and Brooklyn sugar
rrlincrlcs came mp and was discussed az length.
schedule of new rates submitted but the Board
adjourned without taking final acton.
ILLEGALLY Pshcusry" NrDIcIyr.
in the Court Of Spccial Sessions yesterday George
H. Schwab, of 30. - }ond--t., was charged by Ia.
David Webster president, and Edward {. Rp.ry
counsel, of the Nc"-loIk County Medical Ngd'iyi
with illegally practising medicine. Srhwab denied
the charge, but on trial, IN" Court found him
guilty aud sentenced him 10 pay n fine Of 800.
CHARLES BoUT0N COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
Charles Bouton broker, Of No. 2l3 Last One
udTrd-aud-twcuty -thrd-st. who was arrested
on Monday charged with stealing bonds, was yes
trTlay taken to the Iumbs Police Court, whore hc
y. y
mittcd hun in default OF 5000 bail Tor cAainiua-
ton on Friday.
FIRING At BURGLARS.
Conrad Schmidt, "A tailor who sleeps in the rear
of his shop at No. SOL North Ihrd-ayr., NOUl-auIa,
heard burglars pTylng open the shutters at ! "a. IN.
yesterday He took mp a loaded Tc,"Epraud when
the thieves got the window open ne fired six shots
al them There was an exclamation * II one OF the
men had been hit, but they all escaped.
GRAvEsTONEs FOR SOLDIERS
Alderman COChTane offered resolution in the
- gff
a hcad-tOnc for the grave of each soldier or sailor
who died during the War of the Rebellion. The
stones are 10 be of bronze and 10 cost not than
$5 each. On one side is to be the name Of the dead
man. the number Of his regiment and the date of
death On the reverse Is u figure OF a soldier. The
resolution was adopted.
IL FAVOR or A UNIFORM BANKRUPT LAW.
The New-York Board of Trade and Irausporta-
iOn has received upward of 100 friendly responses
from commercial organizations Throughout the
country TO the proposition TO hold National con-
vcHtIOn m fuIthcTauCC Of the enactment of uni
form equitable bankrupt law. 1t has been decided
! 10 hold the convention III Washington on Wednes-
day, January lG.
ADMITTING THAT H WROTE A FALSE LETTER.
The examination Of Roland G.. Barnett, who is
accused by Augusta Roche, the actress, of being IN
collision with her husband, Rodcrick Chcrrlll i'm
| dcpriving her OF her child was continued before
/ Referee John F. Cav yesterday He stated that
| hc knew nothing whatever Of where the child was,
and that hc had never promised to restore II. lie
admitted, on Examination, that what he had
written TO Mrs. CherrIll was absolutely false.
GAs-MEN IN CONVENTION.
! The American Gasght Association held its
eleventh annual convention at the Teutonia ASSEM-
| bly, Rooms yesterday President Forstall delivered
an address upon gas interests in general and
papers were read by j. T.. Pratt, of Janica Plains
/ Mass, On The Successful Gas Manager; Mr..
| Cornell Of Youngstown, Ohio on the Proper
Location Of a Gas Meter" and I. b. Fogarty, of
| Baltimore, on Producing Ammonia from Gas
! Works"
MEETING or 4 wOMAN's BOARD or MISSIONS.
! A wcll-attcnded meeting OF the Womans Board
OF Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church
| of New-York was held yesterday IN the lecture
room of the Presbyterian church at Fourth-avc.
| and Twcnty-secOnd-st Mrs. .. =. Hubbard pre-
| Marlmg of the African Prc-by terian Mission Mrs
| Layah Barakat Syrian, and Mr.. Tamar, a Japan
/ esc student.
! GATES AT RAILWAY CROSSINGS.
Alderman Wells offered resolution at tho meet
| ing Of the Board Yesterday, calling on the Police
! Commissioners TO enforce the ordinance adopted
several months ago providing that gates shall be
| ty-thrd and Twenty-fOurth wards. The New-lOTk
| and Ncw-llaven and the New York City and North
! cTu roads have not complied with the ordinance
The resolution wasamcndcd To include the Corpora
| tiOn Counsel and then adopted.
! 10 FsrABIIs 4 INTERNArGONAL STANDARD.
! An association for the establishment of an inter
national monetary standard will soon be organized
in this city. prospectus has been issued stating
tl.n its main objects will be: First the promotion
Of the stability Of values by advocating inter
| national agreement whereby fixed relative value
between gold and silver may be established, and the
two metals may jointly form the specie currency Of
| commercial nations and by establishing the free
| coiuagc of silver and its use as money under the
same conditions as gold. Second, the promotion of
! uniformity in the money of the world.
| MR. FIELD FORE THE AQUE UCT COMMISSION.
Cyrus W. Field appeared before the Aqueduct
Commission yesterday and opposed the construction
OF the proposed new aqucduct by the Hudson River
route. He said that he owned ten houses at DObbs
! Ferry, and these might have To be vacated while
/ the work was in progress At any rate they would
not rent for more than One-haf what lac was now
inf tod hat }.
might carry the matter into the courts The Com
mission has appointed II. :. Craven an assistant %
the chief engineer, at a salary of Sl2j per month
Another hearing will be given to the public Oh
Monday
PASSING A LEANING BARK AND WRECKAGE.
Captain Jordan, of the bark China, from Ham
burg said yesterday that ON October ~, in latitud,
| ~ 10 north. longitude So ~ west, he sighted
the Norwegian bark Agra, which displayed signal