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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
A GENERAL ASSIGNMENT SET ASIDE.

Judge McAdam, In tho Srpcrior Court YESTERDAY
handed down decision setting aside III" general
assignment, OF Edward NJ. Benjamin and Judgment
which ~. wife secured against him by confession Tor
sii33OO The suit was brought by Eliza ". and
Car lire White who Judgment creditors lot
S.2l BE benjamin was an importer. ana the JUG
menls which the plaintiff, held against hin were on
promis,0ry notes which h. had gwen to the executor
Of the estate Of the father OF the plaintiffs.
The trial OF tn" case lasted SINE tim" before
Jutg, McAdam and brought to light peculiar ccndi
ton OF affairs. About seven years ago Tie INST WIZ
Of tn. defendant died Not long ng5 h" married his
slstcrin.llw whose maiden name was Anna Byron.
According to the story which benjamin toli on the
witncs, stand his sister-in-law had been lending
him money for Thirty years before he married her, ana
on Dcrenbcr 81. 1-s7. he gave her rr"n!ssory
note for aIi4,3s7. which amount he declared he
owed 10 her at that time The note was payable
In thirty days. but 1t not paid and suit was
not bcguE on 4, un,I May 30, 1890. Judgment was
takrr hy default April 10. 1892. Later on the
same day. benjamin executed general assignment
for the bencf, OF creditors. The plaintiffs secured
a judgmcn. on the following day, but the one In
favor q Benjamln's wife ahead Of the one they
sccn,d They alleged that the taking Of the juds
mcnt in favor Of the wife Of benjamin was fraud
upon other creditors. Judg, McAdam npholdS the
contention OF IN. plaintiffs and declares that the
actions Of benjamin We're all Illegal and void as far
aS honest crrd.tOrs concerned. \ receiver o.
the property l. he appointed and the property dis
irbuted II the prayer Of the complaint Is granted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
DEATH or THE BOLIvIAE GIANT.

santos Mrnna. the Bolivian Indian warrior. who
has been on exhibition nj the Press tlu' fair. and
VITO was taken TO Bellevue Hospital Thursday srf
ferlnc from pneumonia. died IN the hospital yes
l.rday morning. santos was II CLINT. lie was the
lcadrr OF band OF nineteen Bolivian Indians. who
were brought here for exhibition n; tie worlds
Fair bat wcrc finally secured FER the Press Club
Fair by Miss Emma ,icllcs IN Tuesday he com
paincd ~ Illness, and Thursday hi, physician de-
cidcd that he suffering from pneumonia. When
lc arrived nj IN" hospital Trrsda, the physicians
found that there no he'd In the hospital long
enough Tor him. and II was necessary 10 use two
bets. me doctors fannd his chest measure to be
-ixty inches. lie was eight feet I've inches tall.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
THE COURTS.
HOTELS MUST BE NEWLY BUILT.

An IMPORTANT DECISION REGARDING TIIE
ALTERING OF SUCH STRUCTURES.
case relative to thc new Building law which Will
be OF nerest 10 architects builders hotel owners ana
the travelling public has just been decided by Che!
Justice DAILY. of the Court OF Common Pleas Georce
Bullwinkle leased large plot OF an at the south
west Of Thirty ifihst and Broadway belonging
10 the Palmer estate, which sands several I'VE
story brick buildings which he Intended to convert
into hotel. In March last he filed plans ana
specifications for the proposed alterations with tho
superintendent OF bindings. and asked for th"'r ap
proval and for Il permit to begin the work upper
lntendcn Brady denied the application on the ground
that the buildings were not freproof THIS m"ai''
the VII tua demolition Of the oil buildings ana '''
erection Of neY and thoroughly flreproof STRUCTURE
Thi, was an expense for which Mr.. Bullwnk'" ha'
not bargalned when he leased the property fhro"s'
his lawyers. Browne & Shcchan. he applied to Cmei
Justice DAILY. OF the Court OF Common lleas, Tor
mandamus to compel the superintendent OF buildings
approve his plans. holding that the following seq
ton Of the building law applied to his case: " Every
building her, after altered t. be occupied a. hot'i
shall have the first story above the cellar or o"'S'
story constructed frcpoof. with iron or steel Deans
and brick arches.'
Eugene Otterbonrg. attorney to the Department OF
Buildings who appeared for superintendent hriu.
argued that III" laters action In refusing Bhiwh"r
application for alterations, was justine" W II" "''
ment IN 1892 to section All Of the act. proVo'hs
among other things that old building cohli '"'r'
after be altered or built upon in such manner INV
were such binding wholly built or constructed a'''
the passage Of the act OF so2. which Greater 'ne d.
partmcnt OF Buildings, and defined Its powers ana
duties and those Of the superintendent OF Euliding'
II woIl1 BE- In violation OF any OF the PROVISIONS o.
tia, act
This provision was apparently. anagonlstic 10 'n'
provisions Of Section $50. Judge Daily nei1 'hh' "t"'
reading Sections AL and 4S4 II WIS clear mat ,"'
epccal provisions Of section $50 had ceased to apply
and he denied the application for the mnndamn'
This decision Is an important for architects
buildnrs and hotel ow"ers The latter cannot here
aftcr extend their buildings by acquiring adjacent
houses and merely altering theri into nnh"Ne az WE
formerly the practice. superintendent brlu', WIZ
with Mr. Ottcbour2 the attorney to the Department o
Euiidincs assisted In trimming the act ana urged ifs
ra.s,rn rad in mind the IIrt / Royal fire when hf
rel, ctcd Mr. TIullwinkle's application.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
WILLIAM BCCHANiy'S HANDSOME HONE

TIL" new house OF William Buchanan at No. IA
East slxty-nnth-st. was completed yesterday. when
W. Il. Johnston the decorator. put the final touches
on the drawins-rooms and withdrew his men. The
house MS II now stands Is OF the hnndsomcst and.
rs Tar as Interior decorations concerned. Of
the most pretcntous private houses in the city. The
d'hihgioom Is finished In light English oak. the
ceilings OF the drawing tordered In mother
otpcarl and the boudor Is decorated in the Empire
style, with domed ceilings and sillx-covcred walls
feature OF tho house Is In It's magnificent conserva-
In old English mansions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20

cleaning and carving her to window. threw hcr
ont She fell TO the sidewalk and received ihlnr'e@
from which she died in Bellevue Hospital '"e'
days later.
Assistant Distrct-Attorney Mcintyre appears lor
the prosecution. and the prisoner Is Represented ps
Albert j. Weiss. The Inference Is that IN" dei'n'e
is 10 be that Johnson was crazy from 'he use VI
nannse, in securing Jury yesterday asked oach man
who came into box he was opposed 10 she use
Of liquor The entire day was spent III usn n ~
secure a Jury The case will be taken up again Oh
Monday,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
THE PRISONER DANCED BEFORE TIE JrSTICE

Edward Il. Johnson. who Is accused OF representing
himself purchasing agent OF several large
and sending goods &c. o. Dr. to the International
Navigation Company created a mild sensation az the
Tombs Police Court yesterday morning when he was
nrraigned lie hoped about the courtroom Ike II
bird In II cage. and when tired Of that amusement
tried 10 tell Justice Martin ghost stories As tn,
officers did not know what charge to make against
MIN he was rcmanded until to-day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
M TRIAL FOR KILLING HIS WIFE.

The trial Of Charles J. johnson on an Indictment
for murder in the first degree. for throwing his
wife out Of the window and causing her death. was
begun before Justice Ingraham In the Court Of oyer
ana TcrmIner yesterday. johnson Is about thirty
years old. He and his wife lived in a hat-housc at
No 355 Ninth-avc. On September 2o last he came
homo early in the morning and II Is alleged that
10 took his wife out Of bed. where he found her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
THE ENGINE COKPAyY ABANDOyS ITS HOUSE.

The crew, engine tender and horses Of Engine
Company No. 4 moved from III" engine house at NO.
30 Lbcr,yst. last evening and took quarters In No.
IL truck house. nj Old slip. The liberty-st engine
housc declared on Thursday BY the Building De
partment TO b. nnsafc The hrcnlcn moved into the
street on Thursday evening and remained out NIL
night and all day yesterday. The building
abandoned early last evening and every thing belong
ing to the company was hauled down TO Its new
quarters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
CONSULTING ABOUT NATIONAL CORDAGE

John Good. the head OF the John Good Cordagc
Compony md Mr.. Young. receiver OF the National
Cordagc Company. had consultation yesterday. and
the subject discussed was the probable cooperation
OF tho John Coed Company In the reorganization OF
the National Cordagc Company. Mr.. Lopez the other
receiver. said yesterday afternoon that he knew
nothing Of any such conference. Mr.. Good nd
r,i,,cd tho, there had been such discussion, and
intimatcJ Thai he would have something to say
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
BLASTS DANACE A POLICE STATION PRISON.

Police Captain Gallagher yesterday sent to the
Commissioners report that tue prison attached TO
the police station In Fast Twenty-second.st had
been endangered by the blasting CT rock In an ex
cavation adjoining the building. After the discharge
Of three heavy blasts In the rock 1t noticed that
the ceilings OF the lodging In the prison
cracked and that OF the walls OF the building
settling. 1t said that the prison being
shored up and that repairs TO the building would In
made at the expense OF Philip Duffy, the contractor
who Is making the excavation next door.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20

On second foor may be found an
rb;bjtj0u of SOLID SILVER.
WARE which, m the attention
u;,.cp tn beauty Of farm AMI Hp-
Ur0DyiatencSS Of 0r1,"nncntati0",
IL djxtimcfireiy diferemt from any
oty,cr stack tn be seen in NcW York.
I'M wh0 are interested im artistic
table neutrality-suspicious. Or
RTYERS-nrc inrifed to inspect
IL.
THEODORE Il. STARR.
zoo rim Avc.-MddfsOn Square
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
THE ALBANY ARGUS STAY CONTINUED.

Albany. May l9.-In the General Term Of the
Supreme Court today an order Of nffrmancc pro
forma entered on Judge Parker's decision In
The Argus stockholders controversy which was
In favor Of William Mem. Spcer and others. The
order continues the stay In force until after the
decision OF the Court of Appeals. before which the
arguments In the case are TO be made In June.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
A WARNING TO FISHERNEN.

L. ID. Huntingdon president Of the Commissioners
OF Fisheries. has sent a circular letter to NIL the
shad fishermen. asking for information concerning
the presence OF salmon In the Hudson River. and
informing the fishermen that section 1877 OF the Code
makes the catching OF salmon In net, or otherwise
than by angling. misteamea and provides for
penalty Of S25 for each offence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
4 POLICE SERGEINT EINED

Sergeant llatOn. of the Eat 1lrty-ifh Il. police
station who WIS tried recently III" charge OF
making improper entries H. the botter at the station
WIS fired twenty day. pay by the Commissioners
yesterday. Two Of the police matrons were trans
ferrrd Mrs. Catherine O'iIara being sent from tn"
M.iccrst. station to Morrl-anll and Mary L.. Hammer
going from Morrisnna To Mercer 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20

Judgment was entered In this city yesterday by
default against the Brooklyn Tabernacle for 800
In favor Of the New York bank Note Company, on a
note dated February TO- 1902. for 1893. payable in
four months. suit was begun In the supreme Court
this city, In June last.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
FIRE ISLAND PAID FOR BY THE STATE.

Albany May I0.-CoOnel Sammis to-day received
from State Treasurer Danforth 100000. the amount
due from the state account OF the purchase OF Fire
Island,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
SEVENTY. SEVEN

am seventy.seven years old. and have had my age
Moved at least twenty years by the Sws Specific
NV end leg TO my knee running sore for two
years and physicians said It could not BE- cured After
taking fifteen small bottles s. S. S. there
my limbs and have new lease life You ought TO
let ell sufferers know Of your wonderful remedy.
IRA y. STILES Palmer. Konsas City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
pdLLJsrgR.s BODY WILL NOT BE DISTURBED

The body OF Thomas Paster will be undIsurbed
In Calvary Cemetery. AT 1870 p m. yesterday a
messenger arrived from yicarGeneral Mooney. who
said the body might remain IN consecratcd ground.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20

for new fourteen story Office building to be erected
ot Nos IOG and IO8 Fulon-st. The estimated cost
Of the building Is 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20

Rcs.rv. accommodations In advance on the Expo,i
,ion srxcw York CenraIs 20 hour train to
Chicneo-drst nip May % daily thereafter. VIII
leave NewYOrk y. m' arrive chicago ~ u. m' -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20

S. s. s. s wonderful icmcdy-espcciallv for old PEG.
pie. 1t builds up the general health. Treatise the
blood mailed free.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20

FOR BIG OFFICE BUILDING ~ FCLTOy-ST.
John Petit real estate broker OF No. 81 Nassau.
ST.. filed plans In the building Department yesterday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20

The Grand Jury yesterday continued It's invesnga
t,on OF the origin Of the rumors that H. b. Hoiins
"a were in financial straits. Three witnesses were
examined and others viii be subpoenaed 10 appear
on Monday. .,.
Assistant District-Attorney John d. Lindsay SAID
Yesterday that the inquiry Of the Grand Jury was
not directed particularly against any person or news
association but set on foot to discover WHO hrS'
spread the malicious reports.
rbrourh mIsinformation given by a witness VINO
testified before the Grand Jury on Thnrsday' Inc
T,,bune was led to say yesterday that the DOW
Jones Company news agency had early last week
come in possession of circularleter addressed oy
Uo,,,ns & Co. to their customers denying the mai
c,ops rumors. The story was that person VINO
~.oo,,,od sucb n letter sent to the Dow. Jones Com
napv with a request that they make inquiries aoo".
The reason for sending 1t. 1t was TURNER saa I'M"
thc agency sent reporter to Hollns Co. Una. ne
d,h not receive satisfactory reply. and that inns
letter seemed to have been one of the causes o. 'ne
.unors These statements untrue. and the DOW
Zones Company did not come In possession , ~ any
vcI Letter and did not send reporter 10 noiS n %
20 10 make any such inquiry Ane Inv '
Comunny had nothing to do with the rumors'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
THOMAS NJ BARRS INDIVIDUAL ASoI"N "h->i

Thomas NJ Barr. Of the failed conee H'n' :" nv In
., - e. RI AT No 1O7 Front-st made an III
~,v,dnai assignment yesterday to Frederick T. sher-
man as some Of his assets may not have oeen
conveyed to the assignee in the firms assenme' =,
Alexander Harvey has been appointed receiver ~ III
supplementary proceedings for Coiohei iiofao. Vs. -,
TAT OF No. So Liberty-st in the suit OF Caroyh
p Howard. He was formerly Of Pnncoast d Iarr'
Iron pipe manufacturers, and later was interested IN
vsnms watervorks. at Narragansett Pier. Monclaf.
n, j., and elsewhere. He was the engineer anu
built the waterworks at Montciair' ana aiso iem
ssar. 400 erected a mansion there, which was said
Judgment for S72,OO5 yesterday entered against
.hs Tn1a1o Ct Louis and Kansas City Railroad Com
psny Of No. "A wall-st, in favor Of Jules $. Bache'
an seven notes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-20
srpx,xc TO FIND THE RuMoR. MoNGERs.

.Fouiva,ent price Of Chicago Burlington and quincy
rb,ch closed ex.dvidend Of IL per cent az e's'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11

Wouldn't the gamblers who are now doing
inestimable damage to New Jerseys reputation
be somewhat surprised if the good citizens Of
that state organized a legislature Of their own
and upset some of the plans that promise greater
degradation for the commonwealth upon which
so much Righteousness has been showered 1t is
now intimated that New York sports are about
tohave the Jersey legislature which they appear
TO possess-enact a bill that will permit the
establishment and operation of what is
to be known the Casino Sporting Club
Those who are supposed to know all
about the scheme say that it is the most COM
prehensiye ever mapped out and that its sue
cess would mean big inclosed reservation
within the bounds of which Monte Carlo
would be eclipsed hotel, variety
theater, pavilion for prize fights
and gigantic gambling hell are the
main attractions in the vicious program. De-
cent Jerseymen are FESTIVE because OF present
affection, and if the evils OF today become ex-
aggersted active hostilities are easily probable.
And then the glaringly immoral statesmen will
have to make for the tall timber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11

Washington hotel-keepers are FATHER glad that
Mr.. Cleveland did not make pre-inaugural an
nouncement Of his intentions to ex-ofice-
holders. but the sufferers are less philosoph-
icaL From avenue and corridor. smokingroom
and street car, a wall of profane anguish
goes up, for in all places of public resort are
men who disbursed much cash and vocal
energy last fall with the idea that such invest
ments could hardly be less profitable than
they found them to be eight years ago.
And Mr. Cleveland fished and refreshed
himself with the saline ozone of Buz-
Yards Bav and gave no sign of the
conclusion which he has thrust into the hearts
and pocket books Of numberless patriots, some
of whom do not hesitate to make wide-open
remarks upon the art of political bunco-steering.
But there is no frown on the yisage of
those good men and true who failed
to reach the fodder during the first Cleveland
administration. No. indeed, That crowd is
smiling all the day long and away through the
night into the morning watches Of tomorrow.
The law Of compensation is operating smoothly
and the government at Washington still lives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11

Charitable suggestions are always in order.
Elsewhere in The STAR is a communication in
which Is advanced the proposition that such
money as NAV be available when the inaugural
committees accounts are balanced might be de-
voted to fund the interest of which should
to be used for the benefit of disabled members
Of the local fire department or the widows and
children Of deceased hremen. The idea is
thoroughly good and should be heartily sup
ported. Better yet is the additional PROPOSE
that the hberslly-inclined among the sub
scribers-Al of whom will surely have returned
to them the amount Of their subscriptions
donate to the fremens' fund a por-
ton Of the sum loaned to make possible
the successful Inauguration of President Cleve-
land. The establishment Of such a fund would
be worthy work. Our fremen perform haz-
ardous duty and are poorly renume-ated; they
should be well cared for when disabled and in
case Of death while in service the benefits should
extend to dependent survivors, Be just to the
fremen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11

The STAR has already outlined the general
plan OF the recently organized Sanitary League
of the District of Columbia. The need for such
work the league was organized to do will be
set forth in an address to be delivered by DIR. j.
s. Billings, l.. s. A, in the Column
bian University lecture hall next Tuesday
evening. DIR. Billings will direct the sanitary
work Of the league. as he is chairman of the
committee having in charge sanitary matters.
Aside from his eminence a sanitary expert
DIR. Billings recent investigations for the cen
sus bureau bearing upon the death rate in
Washington will make the address Tues
day night one of unusual interest
Everyone Is invited to attend Tuesday night
and to lend his corporation to the work of
the league whose aim is to remove from Wash
ington. so far as possible. the dangers due TO
unsanitary conditions that constantly threaten
the lives of the people and that might become
appalling in case of q visitation OF cholera or
other epidemic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11

Out Of the discomfort and suffering and
death consequent upon the meteorological con-
di;ions prevalent here on Saturday last has
arisen national outcry for a change of the
inaugural date. For years The STAR has
been earnest in its advocacy Of a later
day, when the weather if moist will GER
tainly not be cold, but the great American pub
lie was careless and the agitation was without
evident result Now there is much clamor for
the oft-proposed reform and perhaps the
next Congress will reach the cOnclu-
sion that constitutional amendment
should at once be submitted to the people.
Not even extreme Anti-democrats can object to
adding a couple Of months to President Cleve-
lands term Of Office; his overwhelming major
ity in the electoral college fully entities him to
the distinction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11

Extraordinary. even to the phenomenal
point, is the spectacle Of an English merchant,
q leading member Of the Cobden Club, advance
ing argument which. carried TO its logical
conclusion, would deprive Great Britain Of the
commercial supremacy which is now the boast
of forty millions of people. yet that is
what invites American attention in the
March FOr,sm. under the caption "A
New Era for the United States" The
writer Is Mr.. George Webb Medley, who
for years has been active in English politics
and IN the unfenced field of social and broadly
economic literature. Starting out with a trib-
ute to the greatness Of this country Mr. Medley
speedily reaches the conclusion that its pros
perity is not due to protection but to the
perfect freedom Of commerce between the va
rious states of the Union, and that such an up
heaval took place last November would not
have taken place did not the evils Of protection
against the outside world outweigh the benefits
OF internal free trade. As his basic fact Mr..
Medley produces the statement that Great
Britain. 30 far as manufactures navigatioa and
International commerce are concerned, is in
the forefront and generally much IN advance Of
all competitors; a result which is declared 20
be due 10 the benign sway of absolute free trade
IN the British Isie- while other nations groa NJ
beneath the despotism of protective tariffs. The
part played in the development of Americaa and
Asiatic countries Is cleverly sketched and there
b tremendous force in the figures which show
that IN 1850 the value OF Great Britain's i'm
ports and exports Of commodities recorded az
the custom house amounted to seven hundred
and forty millions sterling. being at the
rsse Oh about twenty pounds per head Of popu-
latlon, the figures for France and for Germany
being about ten pounds and fifteen shillinRs
per head and for the United States five pounds
and i've shillings. 1t is true. too, that of the
effective tonnage OF the worlds ocean-goine
ships, steam and sailing, Britain owns more
than eae-half, md there is nothing unreasona-
BILE in the computation that the world stands
indebted to her-tArough financial securities
and Investments-in noless a sum than ten thou
sand millions Of dollars. but it is not easy to see
why representative English investor should en-
deayor. by arguing in favor Of free trade for
the United States, to lower the royal ensign aud
run mp in its place the stars and stripes. Mr..
Medley is satisfied that British commercial SUI
premscy has no other foundation than free
trade, and says emphatically that ''in the great