New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-22
NEW-YORK CITY.

that the criminal QfOCccuiHss WIZ
the purpose of helping civil suit Tor uS'n"s''
Reuben f. samms, negro charged win l -,
Sc, brother Tobias with a penknifc, was arraieHou
hsfor, Judrc Brady in the oyer and Ierminer Pn.'
NJ the suprcme Court yesterday, ana Pcau0u SUI
IN manslaughter in the fist degree L" ~
mapded until TUESDAY for sentence
,,.,.or Gran, as chairman of the Board OF Eleo-
trical Control yesterday received le''oI iio ~
Howard. of ST. JamcS-st. Forlham, IN IeiauOn " ''
alleged unlawful strinGing OF electric "ivo
Avcnue r and Avenue Z by the East River Eleclr"
1,cht Comnanv Mr. Grant referred the commuhlca-
&C.,, ~ the BOARD of Electrical Control with request
IN he informed If permits for strnglng "leS ha'o
been granted without his knowledge.
rho ,s,eos Of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
xrn hold meeting in the see House, NO. ~ LdidSc QUO
place on Monday afternoon at O'CLOCK Ocolso
Niaeculloch Miller, secretary OF the Boaiu' sI'hiH
oteriav Of the four plans selected by the committee
g. elaboration by the architect, said that he hoped
., receive the report of the experts to their relative
merits in the course of a few weeks
The Custom House brokers' clerks VIII hold theH
thIrd reception at the Lexington Avenue opera HOUSE
on Wednesday evening December H.
The work of repairing the towers on 81 'eoiso
Protestant Episcopal Church Is rapidly appodo n'ns
completion. About ten feet of the tower had 10 DC
rebuilt
The new free kindergarten, recently established at
No. $40 Cherry-st., viii hold its first THANKSGIVING
festival next Wednesday morning at IL O'CLOCK 10
h,oh triends and patrons are invited There are in
daily attendance on this school sixty pupils, all that
The space will accommodate
pnotboat No. O. of this city, went ashore on Wednes-
dav on Conancut Island between Beaver Tau anu
Macherel Cove The crew were saved. The Doa'
may become total wreck.
surveyor Lyon has changed district under ms
supervision from New Brighton ;. j. 10 'onS'aole
Point, because there was no WORK Tor the lnsleoois
at the former place Inspector Munroe VIII Dc ID
oharre ~ the new station Surveyor Lyon IS going
20 propose TO the steamship companies that they have
their passengers baggage placed that each person
baggage can Do examined at ono time.
David c. Grey. coIored, hfy-four years old, OF NO
16l West Twenty -frst-S. was held for trial III 'he
Essex Market Police Court yesterday on charge OF
being short S235 in his accounts as treasurer Vi
Masonic lodge.
The trial of Henry Morgcnweck on charge OF muir
der in the first degree begun yesterday before
Judge MARITIME in the Court Of General sessions
The jurors were obtained with difficulty, as many OF
the talesmen examined had strong objections to the
infection of capital punishment by means oil elec
tricity The accused man IS charged with Killing MS
stepson. age sixteen. No. 191 Ninth-ave' on the
evening of August 8.
4 slightly framed, light-haiIed young woman, who
ravo the name Of Hattie Cummings, was beiore Ite
petty larceny She pleaded guilty to petty larceny
Her LAWYER said TO the Recorder that the young woman
was we'll educated and member of a respected Eng
lish family. She a victim OF the morphine haoi'
and desired to lie committed TO some institution The
Recorder committed her TO the House OF the Holy
Family.
The women Of the Silver Cross Circle of the Order
of Kings Daughters are holding fair at No. 1,266
broadway 10 raise money TO establish tenement
home for the poor who anxious to bring up their
children apart from IN" associations of crime and Nth
The fair offers the usual attractions OF fancy ana
staple articles. houSc-urnishing goods. etc II has
been decided 10 keep it open until tomorrow night al
10 o'clock beginning with today, the admission Zee
IS reduced to 10 cents
The Fortnghtly Shakespeare Club meets at No.
So West Fifty fifth 81. this evening
The Washington Memorial Arch Fund now amounts
to $6O37a %.
George Clinton Batchellcr though deeply enerosSed
IN the business affairs of one Of the largest firms III
the civ sin finds time to discharge the duties OF
treasurer of ST. Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
and Of the Building Fund of the new chuch pemG
erected I'm seventy-sixthst. lie is also lfenembcr
of the New England Society, and an active member
Of the Republican, west side Republican and occi-
dent clubs and West End Association. He IS par
tculaily fond of good horses and owns several val
liable trotters.
The eloop-ofwar Essex was taken from the dry
dock at the Navy Yard yesterday, so that the Kear-
sarge might have necessary repairs made promptly
in order that She may be ready to go TO the West
Indies with the squadron December ..
4 draft Of apprentice boys was detached from the
receiving ship Vermont at the Navy Yard yesterday
and sent to the jamestown. at Newport
The Young Ladies' Aid society Of the Twenty third
Street Baptist Church will give literary and musical
entertainment his evening. at which the pastor, the
Thomas Dixon. will give a reading.
william Blake VIII address the students of this
city on Sunday evening in the lall of the Met
ropoltau Opera House. How To Get Strong"
II. b. Poole. the librarian Of the Young Mems
Christian Association, interesting illustrated
lecture in the parlors Of the Broadway Tabernacle
last night, on How the Bible Has Been Transmitted
To Us"
Proics or J. s Newberry will deliver an illustrated
lecture on Petroleum and Natural Gas" at Columbia
College tomorrow morning.
Complaint; about James CorneI's stable under the
Essex Market were to the Health Board recently
and President wilson and sanitary Superintendent Ew
ing made an investigation yesterday. As the stable
va IN = had condition. President Wilson decided that
n must be vacated and cleaned out
so,.,or Frank Huscock who has been staying at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel for several days started yes
,erday afternoon for Fortress Monroe and the South.
He Will b, in Washington in time for the opening of
Congress
MANY street, were in a shocking condition yester'
day through the rain washing down the eihoah|
ments Of dirt from the subway excavations
The following comprehensive sign Is displayed IN
the window OF a sixtb-avc store: Sewing machines
bought Sold rented, and taught
As Miss Maggie Tiernan, of NO. 131 "ai"or'hs'''
Broollyn. wgs descending the stairs at inc Nc"-
York terminus Of the Bridge yesterday morning she
was struck in the chest by an unknown man. VINO
was running TO catch car. She was hSoo u''oi
scious for several minutes but was not badly hur'
The New-York Historical Society celebrated us
eighty fifth anniversary last evening President King
In his opening remarks said that the society was In