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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-27
OYER MAYOR BooDr,s rE1o.
Tho Union and the Fort Hamilton Railroad
Get Their Frnnchises.

On July IA the Board OF Aldermen In Brook
Ign. with all its members in attendance. and
by vote OF ~ to 2 adopted resolutions grant
ing franchises to the Union Street Railroad
Company an the Coney Island, Fort Hamil-
ton. and Brooklyn Railroad Company to oner-
ate surface railroads In Union street and in
Fifth avenue. from Thirty ninth street to the
city line. respectively. Aldermen Hess and
Thomas two OF the four Republican members
OF the Board. voted against the resolutions.
ard President CofTcy declined to vote. on the
ground that the resolutions might possibly
como before him In his capacity as Acting May
or. Mayor Body returned from his vacation
and promptly sent in q veto. based mainly on
the ground that the franchises were granted
city. He thought TINT, although the Cantor
undcrny It should be respected by. the Com
There seemed to be considerable weight, in
q rival company. with Gen Stewart l.. Wood
ford ut its head. had offered TO give the city
the companies which had been favored By the
Aldermen is composed Of influential poiti,
clans and contractors: and l. was announces sa
May2r,s Veto Tor which two-thirds vote Is
ner ths S May9rs a",an and F1ny "ti
mated that Mr.. Body had become. close
friend OF the corporntionS. and that his son
was directly interested in some railroad COM
punes which would have to come into com.
petition with the new ronds on lnotn street
and Fifth avenue. The reconsideration OF the
resolutions. together with tho Mayors veto.
came before the Board at an adjourned Ie:u-
lar meet ing yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Corey
surrendered the chair to Alderman M:Gilth.
and made q speech. IN which no defended the
granting OF the franchises. lie said that both
roads were required ny tho people. and that
the Mayor had only looked ut one sid, Of the
question He had no objection. he added. to
the Mayor or any member OF his family engag-
ing In private enterprises. aud closed by eN-
pressing the hope that any little misuuder-
standing between the Mayor and Aldermen
would be quickly removed.
Tho resolutions We're passed over the May
or's veto by n vote Of Us to =. the two voting in
the negative being Hess and Thomas. Tho
rival Union Street Company .prepared papers
yesterday for q suit against the city to yu"hte
the proceedings of the Board so far as Union
street was concerned. and they vii be served
to-day. The suit is brought under the T,!!rn
act OF 1872. on the ground of waste. the city
having had IN offer Of $4,000 for a franchise
which the Aldermen voted away FOX nothing.
Alderman Cofley will sail Tor Europe to-day.
and during his absence Alderman Pickering
will act as President OF the Board.
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Long Island Tenn,. Chan p,on.h,p.

SOUTHAMPTON. July 20-southampton society In al
its smart attire came ont to-day to witness tho com
mencement OF tho annual tennis tournament for the
championship OF Long Island. Following IL = sum
mary:
Men's sInges-Prslimnary Round: J. O. Stewart beat
Hewitt 80 a., ID: r.. l.. Han beat George scott
"a. ;. !. Chase beat J.. rockingham. I'll H-I
pay n.nt thsn n Stsysns 90 81 Ounce shaw
nsnt l.. 4. sanford 4-G. "a G-2: Richard stevens
beat I.t RHshmore. e. 80: ". A. Lnrned beat 1.
son ~ arfap fault Duncan cand.er columbia b.a. |,
beach -4 ~; S. H. strong beat j. Tebin by default;
J. /. Roger, heat ": Bruce by default.
FIRST Nound-Richnrd stevens beat Harold McCor.
mick, 60. ~; Larned beat " c. Carhart. 90.
~: l. Hall beat W A. " Ltewart. -, ~; q
beat j. L. Rogers Ga o-2 John Rowland beat ,. q.
Stewart til, Ill
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-27
The SIMS Gnide 10 New York.

Ecphes 10 questions asked ererv day bv he
quests and citizens Of the American metropolis
Suggestions 10 si0h'seers and PRACTICAL ,nJo,ma-
honJor practical psop'r. The SIN riR publish. in
time for use al Tie Columbus Celebration merit Oc-
'ojer. conpl IL. ,HiT'c. and practical guide book
10 h's city IL ,ciH tR risi,OrS ,rhat he Sights
are. hou 10 reach hru. phrre 10 iO,iye and board
uhile here and he cost, lrhere to do ,ohoIeSale or
retail Shopping. ho,o 10 anuise themselves. and get
rest rhen tcedrv Of Sightseeing. NtoiH be atrao-
t,reIp printed. pleasant to read. and the subject
matter utHb be dirided and arranged in rav 10
insure the best results. The retail price wiu be IS
cents per oopu Tho suns Guido uiH also offer
unsqusled and eucsptionsl opportunities to sdrers
nsera Those who totsh further Information or
Gt4s subject sbsvlf as1-pss TN GsiIr lsrh ~
ssrtesa ~ W &HS fsrh &Ak
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THREATS BY POSTAL CfRD.
Very Little THREAT IL Enough TO Put .
u. .. Marshal After the Writer.

Fireman Alfred f. Sheridan Of Engine Com
pany No. l bought uniform from the Smith
Manufacturing Company. He owes SIS yet for
1t. Yesterday before United States Commits
sioner Shields he accused Louis S. Silver. the
head OF the uniform department OF tho firm. OF
sending him dunning postal card containing
threat. The postal card snid that unless
Sheridan paid up the hi would he sent 10 tho
Fire commissioners rherid IN and his rother
Edward testified that silver had told them that
postal card. Silver denied that he had made
that admission. Commissioner Shields ad-
journed the hnuring 20 get moro evidence.
Tn" law that arp les TO Tho case. Commits
sionor Shields said yesterday. says that tho
person who causes, tho circulation through
IL liable to q line of not more than $500 or i'm
prisonment for more than nye years. or both.
at the discretion Of the Court.
:. That law isyery broad. remarked lawyer
Here's II member of II city department who
1t arnears' reluscsto pny Tor clothes he bought
as member OF that department. Tho mpr-
chant warns hi m that unless he paws up the
matter will be brought 10 tho attention Of his
superioIs. There seemed to lie M other
course oren to him. aud his step appears to
be perfectly legitimate: yet that law seems to
make him guilty OF n ciIme.
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SHIPPERS IN THEIR GLORY.
A Smart Ru. By the A. Y. g. Yachts fror'
Morris Cove 10 New London.


,. NE" LONDON, July N-ihe meet S .. ."g nv
don harbor to. night. after one OF the best runs
~ tho tr,O u ,a. =. nv, oho ..,d That to.day
tbs nnx t ,ns' ,h may sh S Snre sailed ot
all. In spite OF n ,avorine breeze. the yachts
had all tho sa,i thew cared to cary. and one Of
them, the Gulnare. had little too much. as
she carried away her topmast Just as she ar
rived In New London. For once during the
t cruise Commodore Bankss Water Witch I'm. I'M,
,sned i.,t and n lSd the entire fleet by over two
li ne AZ 'ne lih,sh'
Commodore Banks had Issued orders on
der way at 8 o'clock this morning. SO as to
Cove to New London in good season. When
colors wore hoisted. however. he decided to
salute tho flag OF the Peduot Association.
whose members had done so much toward the
tn.is Of tho nr00Eiyn yaehtsmon ,, on
esfsmony was sompctea at s!io Vel" "'eiqck the
away almost simultaneously. 1t was n close
on TIE TIE tex fox the Southwest
At that timc the wind was blowing lightly
fr2 ant the ne southwest. . c.,u,o
broke anchor in tie following order; Water
Witch, IiGress. Albion. Penguin. Rival. Gnl-
lnff to weather the lc,'ge. and all managed to
~ ~ SO on one tack with the exception OF the
TTigress. WHICH was forced to make leg cut.
went inside. Of the buoy. cutting across lots rs
Y were. npd managed to save mile or SO on
the others. who weathrrcd tho ledge in the
following order; Penguin. Water Witch. Ath-
lon; Gulnare, vedette.. Rival; Concord. Una.
ensed of their sheets. and set spinnakers and
balloon lihtopsails for tho run to Bartletts
hesf i n a. . ,,..,,
the southwark. and the Athlon soon com.
mencced to pass the others. She oycrhapled
the Penguin, which had fallen back to third
place. and u few moments later passed the
Water Witch and started after the Tigress.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-27
RESOLUTIONS FOR BUNCOMBE
Mayor Grant BeEs the Aldermen Not L
Exact So Mnny Netoes from Him.

Exact So Mary Netocs from Him.
Mayor Grant presented to the Aldermen yes
terday the following food for reflection in q
message accompanying thirteen vetoes:
Tho necessity which find myself under of sending
not less than thirteen v-ocs to tits days meeting OF
your Load inreiS to c lae a;t nson Of its
members totLe necessity for greater care in tho prep
araou Q: the matters OF loca! egs.aion that form the
greater part OF the business Of tho Common Council
In nearly every the veto is rendered imperative
by provisions of law by the cNigences Of tie pa
ticuar In hich the lcgsat 1, sou.ht. These
provisions Of the law and these circumstances. to-
Hethe- With lheir bearings upon the action Of tho
Board, could be rs We'll nsrertainei by tn, ntr"duceI
in THIS once OF reference TO the different depar
As e>arap-, q his class Of resolution. 1, reduced
Sas t 1 rsre so "r gr S are pn DR.
ink fountains IN ,'1s artsdy eomntifi .rpaieh
not rrsu!a,ed and sr,tet, streets = Win II there
S,r.s' s ON "nicH the are no " | "' . ,"r
Lu.!.G 'n.is ~ ..,nt OF is., H. Il, no; o. r,',s
lighted under the law. and Resolutions Tor water mains
Feso.ctlon. are Ass t, a.1ty introduced to max.
publ improvements on ihprngh.,sr-s TO wn;ri ihe
luz lDn "onl,, rra ,oT 20
the acton Of ~ E,a: wa" a be- taecty wi.thrt
tho time Of he h"A'd Ike" ~ IN r"nsl1erng TIE mat.
district and fe" unr'tions {" those Whoa rir To nun
. .sf i.f The sr IN FEW osns NIn a S sHt0 s
resnGton becomes var 81 u" rTnceen!ns. OF tie
tive head 81 the city Gr,rrnm r..,ti H. 1t
Is necessary refer to moe departments for
informal concerning It, and IN. sd iiopn. burden
clerical w"rk upon The various ucparLuens is very
great.
therefore nd that in future he member. II
the hoard invrs gate Thoroughly may be- ul res.
o!utiuns urun matters OF tuis kd ltt they arc re.
Qarstel TO introduce by their cOuSiNucn'.
Tho Mayor used to be AN Alderman himself
and it is therefore. possible that he under
stands how ~ many nonSensirai resolutions
are Introduced an! passed. il frequently nap
pens that much Difficulty experienced IN OK
yin n n ~ v ,.t.r Il i'm
lncnts in his street cannot he made. sumo
lin a. it IL the fault OF tnr alderman and some
times tho fault rests with tho constituent
Occasionally tn. Alderman deems il test H. 10
ANYTHING in the way of oifcrin.. resolutions for
u constituent and then let the Aldermen who
v'ta it down or tho Mayor who vutocs it take
NIL tho blame,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-27
Sad Plight Of "a New York Manager.

CINCINNATI. July 28.-John Hammond. q
New York manager. best known in the variety
business. was picked up in n riti;. bio condi-
ton two nights ago across the Rhine here. He
had been wandering around in dazcd condi-
ton. and was critically weak when discovered.
Some time ago he was assaulted in Detroit by
two London. Canada. men. who beat him over
the head with an iron cup: Since then his
mind has been affected. Manager James f.
Fepnee-y Of this city recognized Hammond,
md had him removed to a hospital 1t is
thought he will rec Lver Last season Ham
mond managed The South Before the War"
Before that ho had conducted theatres in Jer-
sey City, lioboken, and other cities
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-27
Lawyer Cnmpbe,rs BiI, Grew.

Lawyer Malcolm Campbell yesterday en-
tered Judgment ~ default against Robert
Boyd. capitalist. for $42.S18 for professional
services from Jan. l. 1871. to May l. 1891. Mr..
Canpholl's first complaint, sworn to on July
20. 1891. put the value OF his services at
S25. 900. against which were payments OF
s1.15o. To this an answer was interposed
that his s"ryi cs, were ERE not worth 20 much
we're counter claims. Mr.. Campbell. therefore.
filed an amended complaint on June -. 1902.
claiming that his services were worth $4,000
on which he had received $1,000 No answer
was put in, to this. and, forty days having
elapsed. judgment was taken By default
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-27
ON THE GRAND CIRCUIT.
RAFTING SPORT AT CLEVELAND ON
THE OPENING DAE

Myrtle n. Was n Surprise for the s,sl
Trot-Robert j. Proves that he 10 Ono
Oft FASTEST PAGERS Out-M uts wnke
outciassed Her Opponents.
CLEVELAND. July 26.-The third meeting Of
the Grand Circuit opened hero o-day more
fortunately for hackers Of favorites than usual.
The Eastern horses from Pittsburgh and the
Western trottors from Detroit meet at this
point. and thus good Inc can be had on
recent form The favorites to-day were all
from the Lake City. and two Of them landed
the money.
For tho opening event the Philadelphia
mare. Katherine s.. was the choice at $50
against s25 for tho field. She won last week
at Detroit In straight heats in fast time. and
had the great Kentucky reinsman. Crit Davis.
In the sulky From the outside Pedro l. went
TO the front Mt the turn. tho favorite dropping
back. Coming homo Roslyp, Myrtle r.. and
Lady Belle drew up. and in q driving finish the
latter carried her clip longest and won from
Myrtle Il by half length in 2:1SI.
new record for tho daughter Of
Pilot Medium. Lady Belle was then backed
against the field. but she was slow in getting
oil, and early In the next heat was pocketed by
Pedro L. and Myrtle H. A short distance from
homo Pedro was in front. but break ruined
his chance. the mare getting to the wire half
favorite, and though phpbe Wilkes and Pedro
l.. were driven right out, they could mover get
level with Myrtle r.. who reduced her record
three-Quarters OF a second in the third heat
Robert j. was known to be a whirlwnd
PAGER. but the clip ho struck o-day surprised
everybody. end showed that c. J. Hamlin has
secured rare prize in the graz. gelding. The
ne.nw was to brs on hot ts and after
sh Il" "Ha HsHs LETT ' efts f The nsRi
to tho three-quarters and Llmonsrch the
rest Of the WY. but thu grandson , Of Harold
Geers stopped drivins at The distance Ann
other heat In .:14.. makes the three fastest in
asE I,a W 81 far thi ; season taS o,,,
wa. far and away tho best OF tho 2:20 trotters.
ana the first heat naturally decided matters.
but Mart Demarest Drought out a speedy
young stallion in Lamont. and he Tapped tho
ead n % 5Se tyH ut heH Mkas
and md. twas only fun for her; Lamont dropped
Filkins through In time to secure third money.
Col hip was next to the brown mare. but had
s9a tho Ssns ws sss
The card for the second day I. a big one. be-
Wilkes; the two NichtinRales., Abtie v. and
nine nine other GOO. ones meet The iree.i9T:alI
pace mas GRANTS ApCallan. hupee, anu Tour
more crack sand sifters. and In the 2:27 trot
between the New York pair. Captain and
Edith. that are matched to so against Wonder
added. is a SO on. while Belle Hamlin and
Glooe are to have another shy At the team
record OF 2:13.
Among the visitors are several New Yorkers
including David Bonner. Major S. T. Dickin-
son. and RENSSELAER, Weston. The attendance
was unusually large for first day. and the
many sensational horses here are sure to at
tract immense crowds all Through the week.
on Thursday. William Edwards. President OF
the club. is the starting Judge az of yore. Sum-
maries:
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WHERE ~ MIR. VIES?
Flo Disappeared Last Sunday Leaving an
Alarming Note.


Charles Henry Davies. for 81 years a resi-.
dent Of Port Richmond. Staten Island. disap-
penred from his homo last Sunday. His wife
loft him sitting on the piazza Of their cottngo
In Mnrle avenue. Mt :. o'clock In the afternoon.
Sho went to visit her son. who livos In the
same avenue. When She returned at 5 o'clock
she found I. note Oh the table In the paror
which read
The police after me. ard when they get me will
h- at bottom o, the Kill Won Kull. Good.by mama
aud boy. FATHER
Mrs. Davies said yesterday that on July their
INTERCHANGEABLE daughter died OF typhoid
fever. All tn" arrangements for the burial
were made for the following Thursday alter
noon Wednesday morning. at II o'clock. the
Clerk Of the Board Of Ilenith came to tho house
" t "e i4 B TH ns tn
would he impossible to comply wit the Boards
orders, as there were many details, connected
WIN the burial hat wero not completed. She
said that on" "f her sons was at the cemetery
anal ,a w aout tSs
purchasing articles that we're necessary for
the funeral. Besides she wanted to have the
body tHk"n into tho Bartist church. where the
insisted that the burial should occur that dav.
and Mrs Davis ahInlnt"ly refused. That
dent Of thr Road. called ana made Inquiries
as to whether the house Ind been well fumi,
scented that tho funeral should he deferred
until next day, lie altorwarl. It IS alleged.
went to the church and gave orders that the
church should not Ds opened the next day.
one week from the following Friday her hus-
answer to n charge made by the Board OF
Health for violating the health ordinance.
Lawyer Powers assured him that everything
Justice. and il Is supposed that the Thoughts
OF appearing in court, preyed on his mind SO
much hat he resolved to take his life.
ilc is 30 years old about s feet . Inches tall.
and very thin. His hnir and ,moustachc are
brown, When S ho left home no wore 4 6!acli
waistcoat, dark STRIPED trousers. Congress
CATERS. and black Derby hat with n Grape
hnnN ON Il.
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A wci-known Maiden lane jcwelry firm d.
rocted their errand boy on Monday to take the
mail to the Post Office. The boy took up two
boxes that he supposed contained tho mall
and went to the Post ONCE. He handed them
through window at the Post ONCE and went
away. The clerk who received the boxes no.
ticed that one OF them was extremely heavy.
He oiened 1t and found that u '".'Iained l46
gold watches. each watch bel u: ia r." rhamois-
skin case, The valne VI The watches was
s.s:s s1eSlsiRsf ths .sti,dss ssrsss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-27

Ing. to an undertaken
avenue upon n permit
granted by Coroner
Levy. Two young girls
with red dened eve s
called at the police sta;
ton after the body had
gone and asked to sec
1t. One OF them was
Rosie Schaefer.. q pref
t. black-eycd girl. with
thick black ringlets
clustered around her
face. She did not look
to be more than lS or
19years Of age. Reilly
had been "keeping
company" with her, in
the parlnnce OF the east
side. Tor a year past.
yNTl Il Il IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-27

Herbert T. Andrews has been appointed re-
caivor Tor the United States Improvement
Shutter Fastener Company on the application
of BERNARD +. Schmeckpeper. a judgment
creditor
Judgment for deficiency OF Sl7.G2a was yes
terday entered against the Peoples Cold
Storage and Warehouse Company, William
Fclowes Morgan. Thomas Mclean. /. X.
AIestaniz. md Elliott 9. smith. in favor OF the
New York Life Insurance and Trust Company.
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to have boon an industrious young fellow dur
ing the day. although he spent n good part
Of his nights in carouslng with members OF
the rag gang He owned two nsh carts. which
ho Ind bought from his savings and used to
get his pay from the Department of Street
Cleaning every week.
moved from tho Thirty-flfth street police sta
tion. where It had been taken after the shoot
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very probable. By having three screws the
power 10 better distributed and there is tho
ADDITIONAL advantage OF being able to use only
one screw at times Of slow speed and OF alter
OCCASIONS.
The dimensions OF the Columbia have been
printed recently in THE Sun In full detail. She
~ Ieet long. 5s feet broad. draws, ~ feot,
has displacement Of 7,475 tons, and an In
dicated horse power of 2lO00 Her main ar
mament is to consist Of one S-inch gun. two
0-inch guns. four 4-inch guns. besides twenty
6 6o,n and four l.pounders in her. sec.
protective deck over her machinery is four
INCHES thick Her cost pr ce Ia to be 81, 72o.-
OOO, and her builders are to have $25.OU0 for
each quarter knot they mako over the re-
CURED twenty lone knots.
The Columbia Il named In honor OF the capt.
tni OF South Carolina. She Is Of class that
takes the name Of city. In view OF the near
appr9oach OF the Columbus Centennial. sccre-
tary Tracy thought TINT the namo might hnve
a double Significance. No south Carolina
onlcials were present at the launch. wag
on the platform remarked. in noting their
absence. that the present State, officials of
South Carolina are more Interested In raising
cotton. rice. and corn. and in discussing poll
tios than In building or christening boats for
the navy,
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WHEELING. W. Va. July 26-James Pilens.
wife. mother in-lnw. and four children were
thrown seventy-nve feot over cliff into the
Mrs PiIens md her mother received frightfui
injuries. and both will probably die. An Infant
child was also dangerously hurt. The horse
was frightened BY a railroad train.
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Jsonndn,y Lines Amended.

Owing to clerical errors. the Board Of Alder
men were obliged yesterday to amend the de-
scrption Of the boundaries Of the new Twenty
ninth and Thirtieth Assembly districts SO as
to read:
Twenty ninth-Tremnn' avenue W"strhesIer sN"Hue.
NrpuN f.ve East kiNsr Long Island sOuid. lIhrcm
River. WINS avenue, last l+nh street. Mot avenue
Fast lJ5t street jerome avenue, and North Brother
lsiAad.
TnItieth-The hern boundary OF the Twenty.
fourth ward Bronx River Nrstrhestey avenue Ire.
mont sv-nuo, Jerome avenue. Eat I6bth street Mott
avenue East l4bth street NiliIs Avenue. Harlem
River. spuyten Duyyil creek. and Hudson or North
River.
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taken UP by the bar. A
number OF mon we're
lounging about II yes
terday who acknowl-
edged that they knew
Reilly as a" good.'un."
but not one OF them
would admit that no
saw tho muss" OF the
night before. The pro-
priotor OF tho saloon
extollcd Reilly as a
good. hard working
mnn. Reilly doea eeem
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BLAmlNo TIE POLICEMAN.
The Friends OF Reilly or tho Rag Gang say
that He Did Not shoot st Mnlrh.

The friends Of Tough Charles Reilly. who
was shot and killed by Policeman Walsh on
Monday night blame the policeman for firing
his pistol ut Reilly when he did. They shy
that Reilly didn't FIRE at tho officer at all, but
that some one In the crowd fired the shot
which struck Walsh in the head.
The headquarters OF the crowd led by Reilly
are at "JigGer' Byrnes's saloon. COZ First ave.
nue.. near Fortieth street. It is little. narrow
saloon. with nearly all OF the available room
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The D,sraai swamp sofa.

NORFOLK. July 2a-The famous Dismal
Swamp Of Virginia. which contains Atty square
miles. was sold here to day to Thomas T. Bal
!snntins, the miilieRsirs farmer Of VirsiRis, fer