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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-21
FOREST FIRES ~ WV -ENGLAND.

Norwich, Conn, April 20 (speciall-Forest fires
dine 10 The long dronth raging in many parts OF
Southern New England. and an immense amount OF
damage has been wrought in Connecticut. The cx-
,euslye cOnnagratiOn has been burning since noon
Yesterday in the woods about North Wlndham ana
many hundred acres have been burned over. large
,roct of forest burned between the North Wind
ham r,ad aud the New London Northern Railroad, and
the fire Icaped the track and envclOped the large
forests east Of the railroad and RACED Gercey all last
night The connagTation cannot be stayed until 1t
fsacicS the Windham highway and the open country
hardening IT, 10 prevent the flames from approach
Ing the large borough OF Wllimantc railroad hands
we're called out. who started back fires the east
iae OF the railroad from Phillips Crossing several
miles to windham Centre Despite their efforts, how
aver n local fire broke out last evening In the woods
near the Roman Catholic cemetery. burned over a
large territory, and Father lie Brnythcr called out
eext,nonlshed before they reached the town. There
has been no rain for some time In Southern New
England, and the whole country is rs dry as
Ind
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A RECEPTIOx TO Ex-c0xvIcT J0Hy MOST.

A reception was given a. Cooper Union last night
inder the auspices Of Progressive Musical Union No
the International Wollunemcns singing Society and
the International Maennerchp. Of Brooklyn. IN John
Most the Anarchist, who discharged on Tuesday
from Backwell's Island after serving a term OF ten
months. The sidewalk and pavement In front of the
entrance were thUnged with crowd Of eager men,
women and children long before the hour for opening
the doors arrived. The police compelled the Ticket
holders 10 enter slowly that there no confusion
Nv 10 o'clock the auditorium. the stage and the
platform was decorated with flags Of various labor
organizations. The meeting presided over By
william Mertens who made a short speech. In which
he said that John Mosts popularity was shown by tho
Immense audience present. Dispatches we're read
from labor organizations In Chicago, Cleveland, Pitts
burg Allegheny and Philadelphia. George Bedcnkapp
rad a poem. w. C. owen a member Of the Socialist
League delivered long speech In praise Of John Most
and his work Henry Weisman made an address, In
which he said that the conviction and imprisonment
Of Most contrary to the principles upon which
the American Republic founded.
Moot was greeted with lOnd cheers. Many men
rose and SWING their hats. lie had on well htting
new fIock and a small roScttc u rcd ribbon
His trousers also new. and showed pronounced
c,ease down the legs in front and behind. He began
bis address with some sarcastic remarks about the
= Intelligent shury7 which convicted him. This sally
ya received with chorus Of laughter and Kisses. lie
complained bitterly II the action Of the authorities III
yariaIs cities In preventing his friends from holding
meetings.
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YACHTING NOTES.

The steam yacht designed by Henry j. "eiow
tor Augustus sdenberg made her trial trip yes'eroay
h machinery worked satisfactorily driving the yaht az
1n1 =, laa, miles an hour with natural draught NO
aSlmum sped trial attempted on account OF the new
AZ the machinery The Theresa o. ret over oil anu
ts t,.t bonn Her hull built By Poiiion ana her NM
hnorv nv John w Sullivan. one pleasant feature OF inc
rnoro., large pilot house which ano DIS sood pace
Tor longing and smoking.
= The twenty. al ght-foot steam launch Anemohe was
launched yeserdav the yard OF Charles L. se1ouy
"a a. Nyack The Anemone built foT an ohcii OF
yrk Genital Railroad and will be used as family
nleosute boat on Lake Erie. The launch has seaung
rop,ety for party fifteen and expected to make
.pc.d OF nine miles an hour
Tho sloop Yacht Null will be launched at Poons ship
,.a cIlnton.,t at u. m. to-day. The Null was
nrmerly the wIdgeon built in 1884. She proved re-
m,rably stanch aud scaworthy craft making cruise TO
FlorIda Ave years with party OF four Desoes e
eoular crew. The Null is the flagship OF the Brooklyn
Yacht Club Commodore Sutton has had her heightened
and REBUILT
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THEY TUOUGHr THE HOUSE HAD FILLEN.

A crowd Of excited Hebrews gathered In 'front.' OF tho
house 40 90 Forsyth -. soon after D. M YES
to-day and there loud cries for the police Hepor@
,h, uorton Of tho house had fallen and that several
had acn Killed spread In the street Police
men who heard dl not take I'm" TO make an
investigation but calls Tor the lremen and for am
hl,nces when remon arrived and forced their way
Oh the -ureng crowd into the ward between the iron
d ,ar tenement houses they found score OF Hebrew
80, ngh,inc for tie possession " clothes that had
t,In from t,r lines fastened TO the Microscopes few
lrks and stone which had formed the coinlce oil top
.,orv window Of the house Law In the ward Several
children were PLAYING In the ward when inc stone anu
,,ct fell out Of pace and three Of them had been struck
r IN. btlcl,s Only one them bad been injured ser
ou-ly lie was Henry Fine, nino years old His Skui
,r,s fractured 20 badly that IL thought he would die
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PROPERTY OWNERS FALL IN LINE.
RESI- DENTS OF THE WEST SIDE WILL AID TIL

RESIDENTS OF THE WEST SIDE WILL AID THE
PATRIOTIC UNDERTAKING.
The property owners and residents OF the West
Side whose homes are within short distance Of River
side Park will take special interest in the compile
ton OF the Grant Monument Last evening there was
Hotel Endicott, Eighty fiji st-st and C0lumbus-ave.
Cyrus Clark president Of the West End Association,
was the chairman and =. r. Houghton the secretary.
There were represented the West End Assocaton the
West End Club. the Riverside Association West side
Republican Club West side Democratic Club and the
Hudson River Club. General Horace Porter addressed
the meeting and briefly outlined the progress made by
the Grant Monument Association In raising the
necessary funds lie said that the completion OF the
memorial should BE- a matter Of great Importance TO
the people Of the West End OF the city,
as when built, would bsautlfy n park
within short distance Of their homes,
John L. y. Hunt, president OF the BO1r OF Fhuca.
tioh said that the plan for erecting monument 10
General Grant had bis full sympathy. lie regretted
that he could not authorize the taking OF collections
for the purpose among the schools OF the city, but lie
had Endorsed General POrters plan of enlistng The In
terest Of the school children In the fund The Rev
Madison c. Peters suggested that boxes be distributed
through the city 10 receive small contributions Gen
eral Porter said that such plan would be adopted
and that boxes would be placed the tomb OF Gen
srsl Grant in Riverside Park and on the eminent
soldiers birthday boxes would eplaced In all the
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p,vIp,yc Mr.. rJrDEy,s PERSONAL PROPERTY

Thc family OF Henry A. Tdtn' Of New'l'oahoh Wn'n
the Court Of Appeals decided should receive oh'hai
the estat, Of samuel J. Tildcn. met yesterday nprnH
A. the Tilden house. 30 10 Gramcrcy rank To diNlu'
some OF the psr.ona property. One OF the SIX heirS
samuel was sick but the other i've were present anu
-. ,hot, .hares from the house. An expert had
nr,viouslv divided into six shares all the china glass;
ARE rugs and bc.a.brac and each share was dEPos'u
Of by lot Among the china when 'ne ne" i"v" ''
FAMILY carried away yesterday was the famous Lon''
pnuinpe dinner set FOR which Mr. rllden paid hIge
sm. The china etc. from Greystone was slso divided
T. = " Randolph who has had constant charge Of
A., c,,morcv PARK house since tho death OF Mr. Iilden
thought tina, there would be no division oil any OF e
other property or estate at Present as several OF hs
n-s were preparing spend the summer In Europe ana
,a,e we'll s1tsned with the management OF the estate
.an Of thu AK hers from New.Lebanon Will receive IT.
Il, over 900 when the division Is maae Tor ne
s nereasd in value In the last Ave years TO s6oOoooo
~, tho terms Of the settlement with Mrs Hazard VINO
.o1o onehaf Of the estate trustees have left my
a. ooucoo trust funds The hoiafy Is VET in'' w.
e,e,ai private collections Of books aud pamphlets nave
bcen promised II in case the great Library II 'o'
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FORFEITED TO THE GIANTS.
VAN HALTRENs MISTAKE AT BALTIMORE
THE ORIOLES FORCED TO CATCH TRAIN FOR
BOSTON AND TIE UMPIRE, GIVES TIE

THE ORIOLES FORCED To CATCH TRAIN Fun
BOSTON AND TIE UMPIRE, GIVES TIE
GAME TO NETWORK.
Baltimore, April 2O-The game to-day between the
Baltimore and NewYork teams resulted In very I'M
atiact0ry termination for the Orioles Captain van
lIaitren OF the home team, refused 10 continue the
game and Umpire Mahoney gave 1t 10 New-fork by
the score Of TO o. This was just rs the visitors
started 20 play their half OF the sixth inning, the score
then standing to In favor Of baltimore.
The Orioles were compelled 10 catch train In order
TO get TO Boston to play tomorrow rs scheduled The
game was started at 80 o'clock Captain Ewing. of
New-York claimed that he was not Informed abont
baltimore having TO catch the train, and Van liatrcn
insisted that the fact Of starting the game at 1870
was evidence that there understanding that the
game was to be over mt O'Clock. Mr. MahOncy, the
umpire decided in favor OF New-lork. The gnme
was PLAYED in n DRILLING rain Attendance. 20
Van Ilaltren made the mistake OF believing that the
fun game could be played In an hour and half While
he should have allowed at least two hours. Ming
was wild at the start, but afterward settled down
Cobb did coed work for four innings. but then the
New Workers gluged his curves for fonr rms. IL
was the general opinion that the Giants would have
won the game anyway. The score WIS as follows;
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SHE GETS TWEYTYFTrE THOUSAND.
vtrplC. III THE wOLrERs SCHULTZ BREACH OF
rROMlsF CASE.

vtEplc. III THE woLrERs SCHULTZ BREACH OF
PROMISE CASE.
verdict for $4,000 for breach of promise Of
marriage. was trought In by jury before Judge
FitzInons In the CITY Court last night. In favor
Of MIS- Gcorsina VOTERS. and against Louis schultz.
an inventor who Is aid a. be worth about $3.50 600.
The case was finished and submitted 10 the jury
at seven a'cook aud took them nearly three hours
10 sgrco on a verdict No supper given to them
and they finally brought IN the verdict mentioned
shortly before ten O'clock Ten of the Jurors were
In favor Of giving her $4,000 or more from tho
.tnrt upd two 81 the men wanted 10 Give her
sum es than that. They finally agreed TO Il YER
diet u so10Co. however
Mas 'woers's father KEEP, cigar store
Nd No ae2 aAthave.. aud she used 10
attend 70 the store for her father IL was WINE
presiding over the cigar counter that shc a'tF"c"o
the attention Of schultz. The latter obtained the per
mission of the young woman's father To call on "e'
although she Acknowledged while on the witness
stpnd that she was thlrty-four years old. she dc
c,r.d that formal proposal OF marriage was maze on
March 81 1901 aud the wedding day was hN"u Ior
June 81 following. schultz failed to appear OH 'hH,
day however. and came around the next Gay 10 say
That he could not keep his promise, rs he had a'h
I'm low. with another woman. lie Wah''u W bNo
Miss VOTERS anywhere from $1,000 to $1,000 put
aha scorned the offer. and said she wanted him to
, IF. u,onIse All her friends and relations had
b.en told Of the coming marriage, and she was NOR
tned to md herself In such position schultz SIM
perst.d IN refusing 10 marry her. and so the SUIT was
brought.
Tn. larger pnrt, Of the day Yesterday was taken up
with the direct and the crosscxaminntlon OF the de-
tcudont Once or twice no made damaging admissions
iv snenking OF his engagement ana then he trlcd
!" .xplain n by saying that he had heard nothing
syc.nt enrn cement Since the trnl was begun ana
il wis no wonder he got confused ,,o,,,c nm,
Coorrr C. Ycamans and David Leventritt Tor the
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THE TOBACCO FRAUDS.

Chicago April 20 CspecnD.-The Government OFF
aals today resumed their search for contra
hsnd tobacco sent here and to other cities. by tho
IAN Francisco ringsters who have been defrludlng
the Government special Treasury Agent seaman
received dispatches from san Francisco ana Ne"
60, 90 av aud on the information contained there
j.. ,o'h a :" inss,ectnr was lent hurredy 10 city III
GI,o where II is believed 100 bales Of the tobacco
Uno ent Tor disposal. Messrs. Meyer a. son. ana
, Me a. Kmllenbnch. who had dealing. with the
IAN Francisco .'yindicrs and were dcfrandrd ,G y
,nrn.,,on and IL Il believed that before many days
mora tobacco will h located In Chcnfo and seizeh'
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TWO DEFEATS FOR YALE.
HER CHAMPIONSHIP NINE AND HER FRESHMAN
TEAM COME TO GRIEF.

IFtM tVML To
one q the best contested baseball games oi inc s'
son was played at West New-Brishton' D L. yca'o'
day. between the Yale College and staten Island AIN
letic Climb teams II is seldom that the blue OF Yale
Is lowered BIZ amateur teams. but II was lowered yes
terday. Yale. however. made pucly fight ana Only
surrendered after the hardest kind Of q battle
Carter pitched for Yale. Had Bowers, >ales reeu
lar pitcher ofcatcd there. the result would probabN
have been different. Carter was battcd Tor th'r'srh
hit. although his support was excellent thVusno"'
Glare pitched for the staten Island team for six nnug
and ,bcn retired I'm favor Of Van Zant. Yale made a
clever rally In the eighth inning. but fell one short Of
tying the score. Bcal Case. Cole ana Jackson ui'
the best work for Yale. Krauss won the hohors Ioi
staten Island The score was follows
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LEAGUE GAMES.
Nav. YORK o.. baltimore D.
B0e,on O, Philadelphia 3.
CAVES ~ OTHER CITIES.


p,u,do,ubia ApFiI 20.-The Bostons d'''aNu 49,
,hts afternoon bv bcttr fielding. All oil NV N'''vO''
ns were made ly grace Of Mulvey's cfros' ~" ~. -,
y h,h team, wa HIGHT. but the home h'n' ' "
'.a nIts The fielding OF Long was SUPERB. hA,n"h
phu,dclphias second basenhn. Is conhh'u 10 MS "oo
,, threatened attack Of congestion oil ,n' lungs
w. oIc,r and COOL Attendance, 5000. The scor';
phIadelpha ............O u O ii
i,nstnn ........-...-...O
poeeblts-philadclpha o. Boston z. Etrors-rn I
tia Hoston o. Itchefs-CaiH'y ana S'ui'y' N"piIc-
Hurst -, oroud
Kothehem April 20 (spccaD-A small crowd "i.ne'sca
m game this afternoon between Lehgh anu S"afenhorc'
+, was unterestng 10 tie finish and Lehgh won easily
The score follows: = an
Ls,1,hmo ,;:''........ ..s Q Q i ID
Louisville April oo-Louisvllle Chicago game postponed
Rain. -. w., u.u,o .,
Kansas City, April 2o-Konsas Cityst Paul game post
poned account Of rain. - -
Indianapolis April 2o--Indanapols-Toleeo game post
uoned on account Of rain.
washington, April 20.-The game which was TO have
heen payd today between the Washington and Brooklyn
hasetau teams was postponed account Of rain
Cincinnati April 2O-Pttsburg Cincinnati game post
poned On account Of wet grounds.
colunbus Aprn Columbus Milwaukee, game post
poned on account OF rain. ~
Cambridge Mass. April 90 (speeisD.-Tho williams
College nine was beaten % by Harvard to-day In
rather unlnt resting game. Highlands pitched Tor Hor
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Brief addresses were made

elevated railroad stations. Briet addresses were made
by l.. n. Fuller and others.
The meeting then went into committee OF IN"
whole for the purpose OF appointing subcommittee
10 take charge OF the territory from Fnty ninth-st
north. The names of the Committeeman will be an
nOunced hereafter The charmen named last evening
for the different districts From Oneundrcd ana
twenty tndst. north L. y. Fuller, from one hundred
and feminist. 10 one hundred and twenty thlrl-st'
Dwight II. Olmstead; from Nineticthst. to one nun
dred and-tenst, Cyrus Clark from Nineticth It. to
seventy -sccOnd-st General f. L. Niele; from Fifty
nnth-st. 10 seventy SecOndst. J. A. Ponderfort The
chairIsen viii begin TO make plans for thorough
canvass OF their districts.
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MONTHLY MEETING OF THE GOETHE SOCIETY.

There was q large attendance at the ion''" "o""'',
,,Iou Of the Goethe Society Ia the main parlor Oh
-, uotcl grunswlck last evening, A. NJ. Palmer nv
dlne This was the last meeting OF the society .his
.c,r Professor Ernest Francisco Feneloso, OF DoS"n
aouv,tcd an interesting lecture on "Chinese laeas IN
o,,n,sl Art" Among those present were Mr. ana MIS-
AZ Palmer Mr. aud Mrs Harrison @. Fiske MI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-21
rwo GAMES on HOME GROUNDS TO-DAY

The championship season In this neieh'orhoou VII,
ne formally opened to-day at inc Toio 'ro"'"' '',
20 -. p.s,.rr pnrh. superintendent Bell has made
',.,o.o,o p,enarations for the opening ceremonies
- a.. po,o Grounds and with fair weather nc M
,,a,no,.e , large crowd The stands aud fences VIII
=. covy decorated with nags and bunting, ana mere
W "a elto Ice a concert By the I'm Regiment m.hu'
Thn cane will be between New DIX anu "''"i"s"'"'
pnsI, will pitch for the home team , ,,,,,s.,,,,
A. Eastern Park the Brook!yn ana Imiins,p"a
~ In cross hats ConternO's band VIII give
c,nccrf Ieclnnin: at . 30 y. m
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Earned run,-st.tcn Island \. & Yale if ,s D.'
on eTror--Statcn Island &. ale l,is on ",r,,r
> OF Van zan g. Struck ont Hs!ge s'eT,sh Jackson o
loli 10 1,.".tru brush Bas-ioTd norton. Ihr'''Var
hS~strsoeigh Mcdonald Norton I" Ss,, nonJr
pay ScDcifh and Brill Sa1Ta,e w. Y,s H,"i' Garter
patsed Lails-Coe j. Cmpirc-suiliNJn limo " gam
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FIRES ALONG The WEST SHORE ROAD.

ru,tonviIle n w. April Goa largo fire is raging In
IN ,roois nj Downing and the West Shors Railroad
counanv has a large gang of men fighting tile names
There IS another big blaze In the woods Mt Rotterdam
junction. The damage Is already great In both III
stances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-21

Albany, April 2O.-Thc Elmin Baseball Athletic
Association was Incorporated TO-DAY with a capital Of
$4,000. Tile following the directors ". ;. Cain.
Il. ~ r. Smith L. F.. Blllv. j. = Root. IT,. f. Hazard
VI. J. O'Iara and George T.. Becker The stock il
divided Into shares Of so each
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-21

and Mrs j. W. Emerson Mr.. anu h.s' sun ,
"nu A., fo,is Wch,r Mr. and Mrs. OsgOod. MI.
and Nf. H. C. Furman Mrs. NJ. w Ra'enhlli Miss r.
Hail Mrs D. g. Croly Mr. and MIS-. H. a. seV'h
Nr and Mrs. A. G.. Clopp. Mr.. and Mrs r. H. "akeman
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Fitch. and oscar Aciihi'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-21
HARVARD cRIcKETERs MApE HAPPY.

Cambridge. Mass. April 20 CspeciaD.-Thc cricket
team {, 10 90 TO Philadelphia. The Harvard athletic
committee granted the petition Of the Harvard Cricket
club to take the Philadelphia trip and play the rn-
yerS'v Of Pennsylvania May % and llaverioTd on
Nav IS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-21

u.nbat,an G = Yat Fichmen D. Lsit On 10 ,es , M.
,,am = o Yal. Freshmen :. Fir-t ea-f on p.ls
49, N io, a. Strck out-hurll isu- = "o,"n
Wii.0o. Spcer ? IIinby. peek, say,s buSkn'r ~ c,j
y, .'D', BY Thrre. haSo hltsyats, Sp"tr SS'Ti'
~ nit Iochk'.- linV BuchSef N."'i uo,cSEs.
-. iii, Nv pitcher Sayles. via pitnes-toN -
I'll, ia.,cd bal s-P~ek 4 Umpire Hart INV
1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-21

teams played an interesting game at Manhattan t'c''
Yesterday afternoon. The freshman wonlh nave w."
but for their poor support Of the pitcher oon' i"o
Yale Youngsters had three men on pa'es IA W., a ana
h", was one short Of tying thc score 5AHIrs uia
clever work IN the field and ~ did Buell. v Ies'S A"N
Ia
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THE RECORDS.

xcrr yorl, and Boston teams won the only
,.,. co,,cs plsyed Yesterday and these teams ar'
n,,, ,,od with Louisville for first place. The recoru
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TIE ELNIIRA CHR INCORPORATED

ward and out thirteen only basehits being
made OH him. Harvard battc1 weekly.
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Che Curt.

utDSON COUNTY JOCKEY CLUB NORTH
{IDrpGEN a. J-Ilacng every day. rain or SHINE
,,,r, rars et n m. I,oats from barclay Jay snrs..
pher. l4th anu '-u " s. WHITEHEAD. Secretary.
track
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NEW.YORk.

Earned runs-NewYOrk 4. Iwo.base mts-i .oo' ~
Cobb Van iIatrcn, O'Rourke. Lyons. Three-base MT
King First base on eTrursBatimoie 4. New'fok -
Left on ba.cs-Baltlmofe g. NcwYork 3. stolen in""-
Baltimore > New.York /. First base on balls-baiunoe
Nev.York J. Struck out-By Cobb !. by kiny v Ilhsi
Il :3j. Umpire-MahOncy.
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LEAGUE GAMES TO-DAY.
Ncw-York Washington at ro'o "'''"N''
York ,,u,.,,hi. 81, Eastern Park Brook
Ign. ,,,..o q, pos,on
tattsh,rr VS. 1t. Louis, at Ptlsbure.,
cleveland vs. Cincinnati. at ClcVeisho
Louisville vs. Chicago, at Louisville
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Hmusemcnts.
MUSIC HALL.

A 1''~'".'''.'''''''''''''
MUSIC HALL
x....
67TH.ST AND 7TH.AVE.