New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-12
NEY-YORK CITY.


| in his pocket was found last night in the North
River, near the Cunard dock.
The granite pier fer the Mott Haven approach to
the Second Avenue Elevated Railway bridge across
| the Harlem River has reached IFS full height.
MAYOR EDISON SIGNS TIE PAY ROLLS.
Mayor Edison returned to the city yesterday and
signed the pay rolls, which President Kirk had
refused to sign because some of the names on them
were those of non-resldents.
ANTHONY CoMsToCK SCORES ANOTHER VICTORY.
John DAILY the pool seller at No. 80 West Twen-
ty-na t6-st who was arrested on MONDAY Gy an
the Court of Special Sessions yesterday and lined
500
NEW WESTERN UNION DIRECTOR.
At the quarterly meeting of the directors OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company yesterday,
George D. Morgan was elected a member Of the
board to fill the vacancy caused by the death Of
Augustus Schell.
DlED WHILE WALKING IN CENTRAL PARK.
Mrs Mary r. Ames, a widow, of No. 40 West
Thirty -seventh-st, became suddenly Ill from heart
trouble while walking with neighbOr IN Central
Park on Tuesday evening and died before medical
aid could be summoned.
STUPID RUMoR ABOUT STEAMSHIP:
A rumOr was set afoat yesterday that the lnman
steamship City of Berlin had met with a disaster.
boy told the story to a letter-caIrier, who re-
ported it to the Post Office authorities. The City
of Berlin in TACT, was lying at her pier IN TINS CITY,
TO ENCOURAGE LIFE SAVING.
The Fire Commissioners yesterday offered IL pro-
mote any member of the uniformed force below the
rank of foreman or to give suitable recognltl2n TO
vent within thirty days the best and cheapest
means of casting life line to the top of building
! 800 feet high.
| HANGING HIMSELF N A CELL.
James Dougherty, of No. 164 First-st, Brooklyn,
who was arrested for the first time on Tuesday
! night hanged himself in his cell in the Fifth Pre-
cinct Police Station, in Brooklyn, overcome by the
shame and disgrace of his situation Dougherty,
| who was 'longshoreman, age torty-Seyen, was ar
rested for assaulting Simon Rye, of No. lo1 Aeap-
st., at Grand and First SITS, while angry. lie sent
for his wife when arrested, and they were both III
deep despair, fearing long imprisonment The
police-sergeant said that Dougherty could be re;
tried to cheer them up Mrs. DOugherty went for a
boAdsman, but was unable to find one Her return
About 4 a. m. he was found dead, hanging from
his cell-dOor by the strap which he had worn
around his waist, and which he used fol- moose
| lie leaves a wife and two children.
Ex-PREsIDENT BLANCo's MOVEMENTS.
| Antonio Guzman-BlancO, the ex-Presdent OF
Venezuela, with his wife and two daughters, were
visitors at the Produce Exchange Yesterday, *
Merchants Club in Pine-st. In the afternoon he
drove through the Park with General Viele to see
the location of the Bolivar statue. lie dined with
his family.
| THE SEVENTH REGIMENT GOING TO HARTFORD.
The 9TH Regiment, n. Y. $. n. g., will leave the
| Grand Central Depot at $50 a. IN. on Wednesday
June IL, by special train, and proceed to Hartford
Conn, to take part in the parade and ceremonies
attending the unwilling of the statue of Governor
William A. Buckingham . Of Gonnectfcqt, The 1th
| National Guard, and the Second Company, Gov
| ernors Foot-Guards
| TUBERCULOSIS FROM DRINKING MILK.
| The sanitary police are preparing census of the
cow stables In the city. When it Is completed the
stables will be Wis ted to ascertain II any are suffer
ing from tubercular consumption or pleurO- pneu
| mOnia. In case animal Is found suffering FROM
| tuberculosis it will be killed About 5000 per-
sons die in this CITY every year from tuberculosis.
Within three weeks a separate ward has been pro-
| vided Ill the Charity Hospital Tor patents afflicted
| with the disease
| CRUSHED TO DEATH BY Two-ToN PILE-DRIvER.
While James McDonough, of No 326 East
Twenty-slTth-st. was engaged IN setting pile Tor
| Railway bridge across the Harlem River yesterday
morning, the two-ton weight of the pile-driver
| slipped from it's catch and fell upon his shoulders
| and spine crushing him instantly into shapeess
| mass He leaves wife and five children who are
! without support
STEALING GOODS FROM THE PUBLIC STORES.
John Mortimer, of No 297 Mott-st., and Thomas
arraigned at the Jefferson Market Court yesterday,
charged with attempting to steal t case $50 Of six
| Stores, at Washington and Lalght SIS. They were
held in default of 81 900 each, Last week pack
age containing dress-goods valued at $500 and a
case of ostrich feathers worth $1,000 were stolen
| from the sidewalk In front of the stores.
| VIOLATING CASTLE GARDEN PRIVILEGES.
Alessandrio Mastrovalerio, G. erk in All Italian
| tcr(ay against Gatekeoper Miller at Castle Garden
for fOrcibly ejeoting him from the rotunda Super
| intendent Jackson said that Mastroyalero, on
Tuesday was discovered in the rOtunda advising
| Italian immigrants not to exchange their money
with the official brokers IN Castle Garden, but to
| come to his place lie was then eJected because of
violating his privileges as visitor and Of viola
ton Of the regulations of the Emigration Commits
sion.
| PAINTINGS AND sTATUARY AT AUCTION.
| A three-days sale of the Dliuyyettir collection
Of paintings bronzes and statuary was begun yes
terday at the Barker Art Gallery, No. AZ and 40
Liberty-st. Among the pictures sold were The
Two Friends by Evarste Carpenter, Of Paris, for
1910; THE sqnire's Portrait" by g. Portfolio, of
| Antwerp, for $780, japanese Woman and Her
Idol" by Leon Herbo OF Brussels, for $3.50. 4
| for $500 Judge Van Hoesen invested slG7 so III a
| music box playing twenty four airs.
| INSANE ASYLUM ABUSES.
| Dr. L. A. Tourtellot, of Utica, n Y. In a paper
read before the Medico-Legal Society at tho Hotel
Brunswick last evening, deprecated the absolute