New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-14
u,,v WORK nAuy TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, MARCH ID, 1888


trublcd over one another. paric-stricken for the
moment On examination it was found that the car
had sustained the most serious injuries. ne paS.eH-
c"rs escaping with few 5Ilsnt 5cr"'c"c7 "'''
broken glass.
PrAruCAr JOKE or TIE Acting NtT9f'
Ariinr-Nlayor Kirk was sitting at Mayor Eu'on 8
desk IN the City Hall yesterday When A ,,,
Grant entered tha room 4nd nnriI ,"' tro ,I,c
trio he'll knobs I'm the dc x. The private lazy;
chief clcrk doorIlccncr messengers Whlioi anu
other employees connected with the Mayor on''i
aud 90 InuuCsman from lhe ponce 4'I.ni ..,, -, ~
the summons Mr. XIX ordered I'M p' Zee iu'u 'r
arrest Nr. Grant, but the Alderman i''!l'' OUT va
the building
IrAENCrING BUSINESS BY HIMSELF. -
4 meet ing OF the Actors Fund tru. icG5 was c3lI'g
for o p. m Yesterday. About 2:lj Harry Miner
rushed in with an apology for his late appearance,
and found himself the only tiusfce present. II"
elected himself chairman and proceeded 10 ,ia.si.'
the regular business. He was joined later by sam
vel COlyiNe. Relief was sent To- various appIir2H''
and committee of two was formed TO consider ,uc
annual benefit. Mr. Miner stated that the Iiir
Commis ,ioucI- refused 10 allow the bremen 10 sen
tickets; the statement was received by the COM
mlttcc with marked tokens OF di>approVal.
THE OLD PRODUCE EXCHANGE FOR SALE. -
The old building and site of the Produce TX,
change are being offered for sale he price as>cu
is $350000. The lot has Dimensions OF los ieet N
Whitehall and Moore sts 70 feet IN Pearl-st.' ana
81 feet i'm Water-st The binding has hrc-pIoot
walls Seyenty-hyc feet high and IS IN good cohdi-
ton. Negotiations are being conducted Tor MS sac
q
be attracted from other corporations The bnIidlng
has light on all sides and the nelghborh0Od 49, IN
the opinion of real estate men, destined to see
concentration Of much capital about II.
CABLE RAILWAY FRANCHISE.
The Rapid Transit Commissioners yesterday DIS
cusscl the property of compelling the NeWIfOrk
Cable Railway Company 10 pay elmer hAe, sum
or percentage of the receipts into the city treas
ury for the franchise granted by the Board. PreSi-
dent Smith and Mr.. Byrd thought that this shQud
be done. Mr.. Earle said that by pIeSlncrlOg low
r. II cl.rC IN hp
without extra charge, the people would attain q
greater boon than would accrue from cash pay
ment to the city for the franchise. NO action was
taken.
FLoRrNZ RECOMMENDED TO MERCY.
Protds Florcnz. of No. $40 East Forty-SlXth- St.;
who fired shot ut Dr. Michael A. faule, OF No. 20
East Forty-siXth-st was convicted yesterday IN Inc
Court of General Sessions OF assault ana battery,
with a recommendation by the jury 10 the mercy or
the Court. His counsel declared that he vas lllduc
insane by domestic troubles OF which Dr. tarlie was
the cause and Mrs FlorcnZ testified that Dr farrlG
had made an assault upon her and that she obtained
a Judgment of 500 against nm IN Inc ny Ioulu
Fl0renz was indicted for assault in the first degree,
but the iury found him guilty only OF assault III the
third degree.
THE MAsoN-BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
The n-Builders' Assoclaton was l"lu'tt on
Tuesday evening at the Hotel Brunswick, with the
object i'm general. of promoting the building tradc,
and, IN particular of furherng the interests OF lhe
mason builders. The officers are: President Johli
j. Tucker: Independents, Richard DeeNeS ana
john VI. Hogenkamp; secretaries, Charles WIS
end sienry Il. ToSteyin; treasurer, samuel Low
den executive COMMITTEE Mare Eidllz, James Is:
smith Frank c. Tucker Frank NJ. Weeks and
Daniel Herbert. The president SAID that II was
necessary to organize To meet the disturbances ~
the labor market. Another meeting VIII be held
next Tuesday.
MISSING HIS OVERCOAT N THEATRE.
Michael Locsch an organist living at No. % East
Fourth-st., attended the Union Square Theatre on
Monday evening, and place. his Oyerc0at on va
can't seat beside him. He missed the garment
toward the close of the play and went IN search OF
it. In the lobby he found man wearing a coat
much too large for him, winch on examination vas
found to be the one sought. MI. L0eSch c0mpelled
the man 10 surrender the coat, and then lad MN
placed under arrest. I'm the jefferson Market f0-
lice Court Yesterday the prisoner described himself
as Michael O'Brien. of No. East broadway. lie
said that he took the coat by mistake and on DIS
covering it waited about to ma me owner 'JuStlCc
Patterson committed him toansNer at the Court Oh
General Sessions.
TRYING TO SEE THE CIRCUS FOR NOTHING; -
While the performance was gong on ~ nc Ait4l-
son SQUARE Garden on Wednesday evening the
noise of breaking glass IN the centre OF the bullQ-
ing was heard, aud Alexander l.indell, an attend
ant was struck by a piece OF broken glass; ms
wound was dressed, and yesterday in the Jefferson
Market Police Court he appeared as complain
ant against David MulcahY, age twenty
one. of 40. 2l0 East EiGhtecnfh-st. who
U%itb four others had climbed to the roof
of the binding. They took mp their posi-
ton beside slightlyraised sllylight and when one
of Them displaced the prop the window pane fell
ont lie eXirr,sed his willingness to pay for the
damare Le bad caused AMI Oh Aha .n5 49,. III
Withdrawing the complaint Justice Patterson dl5-
charged hun.
BROOKLYN.
Tickets for use on the roadWays or the Last
River Bridge have been issued.
Many removals and alterations are in progress IN
Fulton-st. below the City han.
Twenty-Five stamp agencies have been .c~.ab-
Ished bv 20, t,ul,ter McLecr Each agent is paid
81 year.
On the euit OF Agnes EmmcTt against Henry kItz-
Leinrr 10 recover 81 900 for BETRAYAL under prom
Use OF marriage. jury i'm the City Court yesterday
returned q verdict for the full amount.
Property belonging to the late KnicSCrb ecker
Life Insurance Company was sold nj auction yes
trrd3v bv direction of Receiver c. II. Russell.
Twenty five houses brought $4,000.
Louis Abrams sucd the Van Brunt-st. and Erie
Basin Railroad Company To recover TZUOOO Tor
the loss OF tVo fingers on his left hand and three
fug.r, on his right hand. 10y being ran over by
street ear. A jury yesterday gave him $1,000.
The Women, Baptist Foreign Missionary Society
Of Long Island held its annual meeting IN tie
strong Place Baptist Church yesterday. Mrs; W.
H. NvckoH presided The annual report read 10y
Mrs Potter. showed encouraging work. The re-
criprs of the year were S250t l.. The Rev. Dr.