New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-30

place Public meeting 10 30 q. In. business mecuhS
ce,esrsuon Of Tom MoOres birthday No. II West
Twenty. Eighthst. D. m.
NETWORK CITY.
There will be extra matinccs at all the uc''es u"''
EXTENSIVE preparations have been maoe oy inc
management of the Battle of Gettysburg Tor inc ~
cept,on OF the crowds which will flock 10 sec the ecs'
hattie paiutipg on Decoration Day, an appropriate
day upon which to study PhiiippotcauAs r0"1''''
portrayal of the memorable struggle.
Dr A T. schauff,er will speak this evening In the
chanel Of the Collegiate Church. Twenty nlnth-sI
and Fifth ave-. on "The Progress OF ohnsuahloy IN
nineteen Centuries" illustrating 1t with series Oh
colored charts.
IN. Columbia College Cleo Club ate its annual
dinner.at Clarks last evening
Tho limited States steamer Pensacola, which re-
Gently arrived from taking General Paezs oooy 10
voneyne,a e to be repaired and made ready LOT
sopadron duty The greatest work Will be upon her
boilers
Tho closing Exercises of the DC La sallc Academy
No 4S secondst, will be held on June 70
A. Yesterdays meeting of the Society of Friends
IN their meeting house at Rutherford place All" f'r
,ce,,bst Eve sessions wero held, beginning az o
H. M and lasting TIL p m
Tho stockholders of the United states and Brazil.
,,n s,o,r,sh,n Company yesterday elected the follow
,ng d,rctors: c. r. Huntington, II. X. ThurDer' u w.
Williams. O. H. Flint. W. NJ Twins, E. H. Ripley u NJ
Pratt +. d. Bartlett and ii. c. Hubert Inc onco-
tors will meet TO organize later this week and approve
tho animal repot which is said to show favoraoie
state Of affairs.
An unknown German, age about thirty-hVe' sh9r'
an, slender with blue eyes and light mustache
shot himself to death carly yesterday in vacant lou
at socond-av and Eighty-seventh-st.
I.mcs PASSOVER who has been connected with
Kicrnan's News Agency since 1870, has bcen mau'
I. mariner in the advertising firm of Frank, hlernah
Co.
At meeting Of the Ncw-York Chassis hold ycs'or
day IN the Reformed Church, at Fith'ave ana twenty
nush-st., Charles Arthur Jones was oA""'i'"u i0'
nccnsurc and ordination
A special programme of much excellence, IN wheh
,hc vicnueso lady fenccs striking feature VIII DC
given at the Eden Musec to-day 1hcre VIII DC
concerts afternoon and evening.
rbs testimonial which Father Dougherty has ro
ce,ved from his former parishioners Of ST. Monca's
Church IS considerably over Sl,soo
The sophomore class OF tho School OF Arts was
photographed a. Columbia College yesterday me
freshmen did not attempt to spoil tho picture In con.
alteration of the fact that the sophomores allowed
them TO sit for their photographs fow weeks ago.
The Irish Veterans Association, representing tho
survivors OF the Fenian rebellion IN 1857 VIII icaVo
Halcyon Hall half past 10 to-day ana SET OUT ior
Calvary Cemetery to decorate the graves Oh 'heir
dead comrades.
L..
tcray with Edp Gilmore and was closetcd for some
time with Inspector Williams making the necessary
arrangements to box Monday night at the Academy
OF music under the auspices of the New York Athletic
Club, with John Ashton
Patrick walsh tho newly appointed Custom House
inspector who convicted of assauiting his former
employer last week, in spite Of political drag
was sentenced Prison for four years and eight
months by Recorder Smyth yesterday
iury before Judge Cowng, in the Court Of Gen.
sral sessions yesterday, acquitted George NJ Livin-
ston Nicholas Dltram and Leopold Cohen, charged
with violating the laws against obscene pictures oy
exhibiting certain drawings and figures at museum
in Broadway.
Tho body Of Captain II. C. Gray, of Plttsburg,
who died on Monday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel was
taken home yesterday by his nephew, William Park
lanes Jpdgc the walter at the Hotel vcndomc
who assaulted Frederick G, Eldrdge, tho PRESIDENT
of the Kncberbocker Trust Company, on May 10,
pleaded guilty yesterday to assault In the second
degree and sentenced to four years In State Prson
The Dublin Mems Association has elected these
officers: President Peter Brereton; vice-prcsidcnt
j. I. wcldrick; treasurer J. j. Brcrly' secretary,
NJ f. Farrclly. y
Joseph H. Ronayne said yesterday that the efforts
TO set free Dynamtor Curtin, who was convicted in
England some time ago, on the ground OF his fnno-
ccnce is likely TO succeed Mr.. Ronayne Is working
= hard IN behalf Of the prisoner.
ufbcranlme of music and rccitations was given
yesterday in the female department Of Grammar School
No 6s tho occasion Of the presentation Of tho Tags
TO the scht oil By Congressman Fitch The presentation
speeches were made by De Witt c. Ward and Robert
steel Among those present were j Edward Sim
mo,.s David H. Knapp, Or. G. Jackson, Charles Holt
Hosea b. Perkins and Lawson y. Fuller.
BROOKLYN.
The Park Commissioners ask the Board OF Estimate
for s54osO4 81 this year. The appropriation last
CHA I'll larc fprra lie oh
permanent improvements in Prospect Park, including
SEQ 600 for electric lighting.
The body of man about thirty five years old.
Ave feet nine inches height, stout, with sandy
beard and partially bald, commonly dressed, was
found in the water the foot Of Partitlonst yester
day.
Charles ]. Fisher before Police Justice Naeher
yesterday upon a charge of blgamy preferred by
Mrs. Emma Fisher, of No. 1873 Cookst, whom he
married on November 10, 1884 On March 30, 1854
he married Miss Annie Mckee. The same minister,
the Rev George III. Meyer. Of the German Methodist
Church, performed both ceremonies. Each wife has
little girl lie held for examination on Friday.
Mrs. Emma Thomas, Of No. 2s7 wsrrcn-st. has
disappeared leaving a note for her husband stating
thai she going TO Europe and hoped never 10 SEQ
him again he thinks she has elopcd.
Two new stations the Kings County Elevated
Road-at rompSns and Brooklyn and al sum
ner and Albany aves.-vili he opened Today
Absolute divorce granted yesterday TO Mrs.
Margaret Hoechst from Chrtstoph Hoecbst, of Hu.
let's, l. ].
rHE cofToX EXCHANGES PROSPERITY.
The eighteenth annual meeting Of members Of the
Cotton Exchange was held yesterday morning when
the reports of the board OF managers and The various