New-York tribune., 1885-02-17

;ntsrvoiS the dismal sound of the tom tom and the
squeak Of queer reed instrument was Dearu III !he
little room where the joss had taken mp ms apaing
place. Later In the afternoon the Cinnamon win
their guests repaired to one OF the large rooms III t
laundry and sat down to banquet composed
principally of halfcooked clcsen en- chopped ne INTO
vegetables and Chinese daintie. before dark the re
wind had ceased and this permitted the display OF
fireworks which trom poes Today
the Cinnamon will resume WORK NJ VIC Hoh'is
tables and wash tubs.
QUERIES RAISED BY PHELANS ABSENCE.
Cantain Phelan. the victim of Dick " Short the
ayeuQpQ angel of the Dynamite brotherhood, mas
left town. His destination was not announced
did he say whether he would return h TO toitIw
was badly treated by the courts on account OF the
frequent and long adjonrnmentsO OF shorts examina-
ton To TRIBUNE reporter he said several days
Rosa is still at st vincents Hospital. He was not
called to appear before Justice Patterson IN the
Dudley case Yesterday If he M ma pesn, Nln,habIS tnS
be in his own office ON Thursday. At the rooms OF
Tne United Trishman, No. ~ Chambers-st, all was
iubilaton. Phelans departure i nooHeo "poT hs a
nS1hsT Of i5o Ss Gace ss Gf aWsy. kne
Phelan hadn't the pluck to stay ana prosecute
Short. we were sure he wonid SKIP. Inc t ctaSo co
effect II will have on Shorts case they are not so
certain about and are unanimous in the statement
that thew wish he had "skipped' before he gave
his evidence Saturday In regard TO the ADJOURN
melds of tho case Justice Patterson sald
Ibave acted as would in any other Of assault
with intent to kill The that brought 1t about or
ne relations or residence Of the parties had nothing to
do with IL SO far as was concerned acted In purely
judicial capacity When 1t does not interfere win my
Judicial position always arrange o st fs ths e
cases week at time. besides MI Purdy Oh ue DiS
trictAttorney's Office, agreed 10 H.
District Attorney MARITIME when asked whether
the departure of Phelan would seriously delay the
prosecution said:
do not think from what OF Phelan that he viii
fall TO be on hand II his presence f. needed The delays
In the examination bad troubled hin anu ne sau n @ uu
not see hes he sG%a sna ia0 at
the hearing before the Police Justice DO not kh0" Du
or at least PReas testimony could be used Tho
has excited comment and every mets VIII De
taken to prevent failure OF justice
A. +. DOENCH SUCCEEDS MR.. ESTERBROOK.
The Fire Commissioners Yesterday apr ointed
Albert L. DOench. of No. 81 West fortleth-st.. In,
spector of the Bureau OF buildings. TO succeed
Mayor Grace sent his name To the Commissioners
accompanied by letters of recommendation from
the wel-known architects r. ". hunt leopold
Edlitz and Edward +. Raht. He also sent the
names of George w. Hughes and Michael j. OCon,
nor and stated that either of the three men couii
fill the position Of inspector with credit. ho ar ar
obliged to decline it. Mr.. DOench is thirty-two
years of age, and q native of IT. Louis. lie WAS
Ing in the Washington University at II. Louis. and
afterward studied for three years In the Royal
Polytechnic School in Stuttgart, Germany. taking
degrees as civil engineer and architect TN his
return to this country nine years ago, he went INTO
the Office of Mr.. Edtz. as an assistant architect;
and worked on plans for the Capitol at Albany and
for the extension to the Court louse IN this city
lie left Mr Eiilith. to become an assl7atnt to MI.
Hunt and later became head assistant TO MT Kant.
and lie IN his office he worked on the plans for the
new part of IHE TRIBUNE Building. Mr. DOench
said yesterday that he WAS not politician. aud
that his appointment had no political signhcance
whatever The Commissioners, who were unnni-
nous in making the appointment, made siinl ar
statements Mr. Purroy said he understood that
Mr. D'Oench usually voted the Democratic tisket
and that he voted for Cleveland and HcndrlcEs hut
he did not know that Mr. UOench was connected
with any faction of the party in this city
Mr. D'Oench went to firc Headquarters Mt p.
yes erday, and after receiving his certificate OF
appointment was introduced to the clerks and
others IN The Bureau of Buiidings large amount
of work has accumulated in the bureau since Mr..
Esterbrook's reslgnaton. aud the new Inspector
will grappc with II oday.
DEyIsING PLANS FOR A BUILDING FUND.
The members OF tho Ncw-York Petroleum Tx
change met yesterday to discuss plans for raising
fund for new bsIId ng. President L. H. Smith re-
ported that he had secured the refusal oi h9lIlng
mated The cost of the land aud "a now building at
about ! 100000. There were FUNDS enough IN
the Treasury to ma ke the, payments neces,
sary TO secure the land, but tho rest OF
tbe cost would have to be betrayed out OF sales of
bonds Revenues from sale OF seats. rents, etc.
Mr. Smith thought would be ample TO meet the iu-
tercst and provide sini.ing fund here was
cood,deal OF opposition To the plan by members who
feared u might impcr1l probable negotiations tor
npiou with The Mining board. This view vas com-
batted, aud finally the following committee WAS
selected TO report plan tor securing iunds for
new building: H. A. Patterson. VI. B. Meudham,
j. L. Moore. T.. ". Lyon, :. I. Strong. {. -. bur
well, f. II. skelding Marcus Helm. H. Is. Chase
and \. Mchlen Mes,rs. Helm, Mendham. S,ro,g
and Patterson ard George H. Lincoln and l.. II.
smith pieiged themselves TO subscribe $1,000 each