New-York tribune., 1885-01-07

Inah m. department also America has large inter-
est IS the manufacture OF pianos ana organs & an
y%ssortant branch of American industry. Why
taese two departments Of essentially 1Pppns;tte Ppp.;
Characters, have been joined in single exhibition
do not know, unless ;Jsr 'ne scon. "''1d and make
It representative OF larger range Oh s iuo @
1t is unfortunate that no commissioner mas "tu at
Stafcs at the exhibition as many manufacturers
are unwilling to send their exhibits uneSs s
some competent AUTHORITY 10 care yVa t has
called the Presidents attention to the matter anu
i'm his message the President referred TO IT. AS YET
however no commissioner has been named because
the1 is no appropriation for that purpose, and the
President as unwilling that the ohce shouid 20
merely honorary one vet he named and even should
there he pone arrangements may be mado Win ie-
sponsible persons In London 1of tAe piopoi i000p
tion Of exhibits"
THIRTEEN PERSONS SICK FROM TYPHUs'
Two TENEMENT-HoUsEs FILLED WITH DISEASE AND
GARBAGE-DEATH OF A WOMAN.
II became known outside of the Sanitary bureau
yesterday that new outbreak 1I frnm be fear
fnl disease have been found In the tenementhou
at No 557 West Thirty -second.st Inc iront mouse
has been occupied by twenty families sixteen ram
flies live in the rear house Both buildings nave peeh
IN q most filthy condition: Mrs. Ellen Mcnamara
an lrishwoman. died III the front honse un nv
buchanan. of No. 355 West Thirtieth ST.,
Thought she had double typh I'D pnsumonia ana ana
onent occurrences indicate that she had typhus
fever. Her body was buried in Calvary Cemetery,
after nearly every person III the mousse hao "ooh Ia
the room where she died. . /,
On sunday Joseph Reed, his wife and son, who
lived on the top were taken to Bellevue Hospital
II was SURPRISED that they were suffering IRON
tvnhoid fe YER. but DR. Janeway on Monday recog-
nzed the symptoms of typhus fever. The sufferers
were removed to the klverside HospltaI inspecuoi
Conant went to the house in Thirty -second-st 10
inspect the rooms. He found eight persons III tne
fever and when he entered the reaI hoase ng louia
two more suffering from the same disease Inc Varu
senaratipg The houses was Uttered with garbage,
aud filth abounded III the halls ana IN seTerai
rooms. James Dodd age Twelve anu to Nicoo 1no, H,
nitai on Monday, dangerously Ill. f0ur OF the
Mcnamara children, whose ages ranged from TWO
10 eleven years. were mildly afecied by thc His-
ease Their father objected stoutly when Dr. 20
nant spoke of removing them from the mouse. Inc Inc
remaining sufferers were rs y Len a,a esven a
her fve-year-old son Mary .Mano1y, age oio'on'
and James COrrigan. age two. -, -, ,
Chief Inspector Taylor went TO the house again
YESTERDAY. aud Mcnamara was inclined 10 isr indae
trouble about the removal of his children, decar-
ing that he would sacrifice his life ana possibly me
lives Of the sanitary officers 70 preVenS an ouo h
rage He made physical resistance later IN Ihe
day when all the patients were taken to the Re-
ception Hospital. .,..
Two c0mplaints were made by the sanitary police
against the tenement-houses list year. An order
Was served on NJ. h. Baer 81 Co., agents Tor the
houses on Jnne 10, directing them TO clean ana ana
whitewash the halls and to empty ana dlsinIect
the vault in the yard. Another complaint ahout
the scattering Of garbage by teuants was made III
October.
NEW MERCANTILE EXCHANGE OFFICERS.
About 200 of the 8O1 members of the w-York
Mercantile Exchange met at No. 1876 Reade-st.,
Yesterday to in installing the officers elected
on December 80 to act during 1880. The now
officers are President, Rufus l.. Cole; ,vice-pTesi-
dents, w. WInsor H. Il. Nichols, John A. VII
lett and George A. B,yce; treasurer, W. II. .. lot
Smith, c. l.. Reckerson. L. f. Dodd, Frank Green,
David Hunt. w. E. Worth and c. F. Droste.
The Exchange expects TO occupy new quarters by
July IL has purchased lot at the northwest cor
ner of Harrison and Hudson sts., valued at $l2o,-
OOO aud will at once begin sevenstory 69alaing ing
of granite brick and iron, to cost from Sl!5,0OO
TO 5000 O0O The story to be occupied by the Ex-
change will be 30 feet hign. The rest OF the uild-
ing will be rented and the revenue from this source
viii it is supposed pay taxes, insurance, repairs
and interest on the Indebtedness of the Exchange,
which is $17o, ,000 bearing IL per cent interest.
DIsCORD IN THE COFFEE EXCHANGE.
The annual election of Coffee Exchange officers
Tomorrow promises to be a warm and vigorous one
There are two tickets in the field. he regular"
want T. f. Barr for president; the " independent
reformersb name Lewis Maddux, and have issued a
circular pledgIDg certain reforms. Two important
questions which have arisen are the proposed con-
eoldatOn with the Importers aud OrOcers Ex-
change, and the proposed purchase OF the Cotton
Exchange building. The " Independent reformers"
Retasee Erchanee authorities On petitions by mem
bers; Improvement in the system OF grading
economy y IN d 1de
ment of the funds of the Exchange, and govern
ment for the benefit of the entire Exchange and not
for party or personal friends.
REDUCED BRIDGE TOLLS PROPOSED.
Ex-senator John G. Boyd, in behalf of the Anti
monopoly League, has gone to Albany with the
draft Of bill reducing the fare on the railroad
across the New-York and Brooklyn Bridge to three
cents ,and removing entirely tolls for vehicles
and pedestrians The League claims tho to
smnnort of majority of the Bridge
tpastees, Including Mayor Grace and Controller
Loew The Nassau Cable Railway Company OF
Brooklyn. offers to operate the Bridge cable Ka,l,
way, charging three cents to each passenger and
paving one cent for each to the Bridge authorities
II is claimed that with the grip Of the National
Gable Railway Company, which this company is
Authorized to use the increased number Of cars re.
ouired to carry the passengers who would r1de II
the fare was reduced, could be readily handled
WAITING FOR THE BRIDGE TRUSTEES.
ce-President Galloway, of the Manhattan Rail-
~av Company said yesterday We can do moth
fng about the City Hall station until the Bridge
Trustees are free TO extend tue entrance across the
street II is not fault that the change has not
been made. After the railway company Is through
with its legal difficulties the Bridge trustees be-
came involved in similar litigation. The questions
And suppose that decision may be looked for at
any time. We agreed with the trustees on plan
for the extension and wo have little TO DO III the
york we are slmpiy waiting forthem W make 'he
PREFERENCES BY DRY-GOODs DEALER.
John G. McNulty. retail dealer In dry-goods at
day to James j. Byrne whom he prefers for 81 900
He also prefers Philip Malone for $500 j. o.
Hannah McNuity FOX $3.260 and Tefft. Weller q
a. as ono Of the Arm of Timoney 4 MoNulty who
were succeeded In May, 1881, by Magrath. TimoRey