New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-28

offered a reward of 800 for information lhat Nh
lead to the conviction OF the person Wy n partave
a TTRIarSF reporter called at Mr. Aliens Office yester
day aud shown the box IL = tln oon on ;~b
AK inches long by three inches wide ana one inc1
deep lined with paraine paper, ana ~ Soh'a,1 IL
dnantity of candies in the shape OF iTul.s' V 'o
surface of some of which was greensn nd on be
Tho box was wrapped i'll brown paper, anu on tiio
wrapper were four ten-cent postage stamps anu I
stamp " Due 80 cents" The address was colnPosseu
of letters and figures cut from newspaper auVea.iSo
ments and it read Mrs. Allen, ,534 Park Avenue,
New-York The post-ofiice marks showed that IL
was mailed south of Canast. on May ..
Mr. Allen said
Tho box which is addressed to my mother,was brought
TO the house the evening OF May g. and Dy my
nS the greenish substance which you on that lime
thought II looked suspicious. TOOK IL 10 uo in t
pnyscan VINO WHO T p"rs have suspicion as
where it came from but 40 not Wsh 10 say
Bvrues know of no enemies that would send ~
have had differences with &c rtan people bat 'IG td
the advertisement for the purpose OF dsc0uaglng
similar attempt than with the expectation Vi ui9oo
ing the mscreant who sent the box.
A letter was exhibited which was composer 9l
letters and words cut from newspapers; ! ne au-
dress which is also similarly cOnstTucteG, is foI
Spnvten Duyvil. n. W The letter is as follows:
suppose you thought your pal had got rid of me SICK;
didn't you sweet girl but YOU slipped up again. gu
abe Medr rh Yourself You got for Whiting All
you get,pae and well you smay mean TO eTGTe U
the story to reporters Listen know OF Your how and %Ig
your schemmg TO steal Mr. Winnings niue g DGg a his
mother-in-aw and making him forbid the on Woiii d
the hOlse-whch was a direr trick than !, timer ana
rogue as am, wouldn't do know how bad You wanted
to be Mrs. Whiting No. >. Don't NINA the unie YOU 1
SPneS II WbtHg Knew ali know he wouldn't Jet
you tie his daughte shoe. VIII be away pGio ! LIE
gets circulated and know if my name had pSteI DC
told. H. NJ
Mr.. Allen said that Jane WEIGH was the house
keeper for Lis brother-in-law, J.. NJ. Whiting, with
whom the family had had a slight mlsunderstand-
ing since the death of Mr. Writings WIFE,
ANNUAL MEETINGS OF TWO EXCHANGES
The Produce and Cotton Exchanges held their ian an
anal m fTeRaSSe %ns held in the Mr.
HcTrick presided, and after cohgIatuiailhe ~! i
members on the new exchange he added tat o fe
cost of the building was about S3.3uUo uo'
with funded debt of about Sl,215,OOO Sc
cured by a mortgage at 4l2 per cent
navable i'm such instamcnts as may meet the con-
yenicnce of the members. There is an annual IN
come of upward of $20OOOO, ana deuueuu9 tnS
estimated expenses there would be net Income OF
from $50 600 to $4,000 year. 1t was
suggested that if the trade rules were so
modified as to permit the delivery on contracts
of either winter OF spring wheat at an aIDl'lrS ut
of spring wheat would reach the seaboaId to await
q foreign market, instead OF accumulatlhg al N
terror points Mr. Herrick hoped that the proyls-
ion trade would assume proportions more IN
harmony with the extensive facilities when IhIs
market is able TO offer. ..... ,,,,,.4t
The silver question was dWelt upon al SONIC lehs'n'
of which Mr. Herrck said:
The continued coinage OF silver at fctitions value,
dun and the Consequent paper representative
thereof whereby easues currency InnIIoL ; Hi iInas
among the commercial classes bS OF alarm n9 n and
Tie merchants long since sounded inc ai"i" anu
now demand that the danger signal be raised
Treasurer JacObys report gave the balance 70
the credit of the surplus fund as S23063, ana me
amount of cash in the general fund S4l,9So., Inc
reports Of the arbitration, complaint and building
committees were also read .. g A.,
NJ. =. Fielding presided over the meeting OF inc
Cotton Exchange Secretary George L. Moore read
the rpoorts of the Board of Managers and the buld
ing Committee. Thecrop of lsS3-'s4 was reported
as having fallen short OF that OF the previous year
but there had been decrease OF business a mar
row range of fluctuations, and more
Legitimate business The transactions IN -G aGtH 6
In les the pre- vious year. OF the transactions there
were j477 bales for export, 1222fO bales for for
bales delivered on contract. The transactions for
the wear in contracts for future delivery amounted
10 81 SOS 600 bales against 25,9O1, 100 bales III
1883. and 32, 7Gs 900 bales in 1So2. The report OF
the Building Committee was to the effect that the
new Exchange will he ready for occupancy by
January !. 1855. The balance of cash now III
the hands of the treasurer is @l0,G2|.
BECKY" TELLS ALL THAT SHE KNOWS.
Miss Becky" Jones received reporters generally
and THE TRIBUNE reporter especially, with some
little coyness yesterday: wont say anL'hiiinne e
more TO the newspapers" she SAID Il dont ike
them for thev interest themselves too much III my
atfaiTs3 And then the cOquettish Becky glanced
effusvelv upon tie pOrtly form of arden Ipll"
and biHshcd like an aged peony. After some per
snasion Miss Becky" relcnted and expressed her
indignation that Mrs. Duffy should have talked as
She did to the Surrogate on Monday FINALLY she
said:
IN tell Won all 7 know about the IIamersleys but
wont tell II 10 the lawyers Gordon L. HuucIsey niue
while before died got up from his hed ana went 10 a
little desk and locked mp all his Jeweliy ana papers re
was tr1fe hty but after lie had locked the thSS up
he rolled up The key in a small piece OF paper
ana marking secretary" on 1t put II
Ioln W. Hamerslcy. gave il to hin. Nobody SAID any
hing about will TO me, TO any one, and never
opened the desk in my life That's all know about IT,
and it's funny isn't it, that the lawyers should make
such a time about it,
Russell Sage said of the published state
ment that Miss Becky Jones had received a let
fer from HIM with check for 5000. nave
no doubt that the poor woman got the leIler anu
believed il to be genuine 1t was cheap KIND OF
vii that aimed such Joke at me. OF course II was
meant for me- but pay no attention TO such sIlall
pibee / have nothing to say, beyond expressing
The utmost adherence of such bantllng Wit
JOHN J. MORRIS VOTED DOWN.
When the present Board of Excise was organized,
Nrssrs Morris and IIaughton united against MI.
MITCHELL and Mr.. IIaughton was MADE president
Mr. Morris became treasurer and the patronage OF
the department was divided between theln' MI.
Morris a Republican, took decided stand against
granting licenses to the prOprleors OF concert ana
dance halls where dssOlute women were admitted,