New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-17
NETWORK CITY.

Pocordcr Smvtb in General Sessions. has denied
hc motion Of w. Travcr, Jerome that the Indictment
AGAINST Charles W. Gardner be dismissed. me oe-
PENDANT an agent OF DR.. Parkhurst's society. Is nc-
| cuscd OF backmal
| The commission appointed in April last to look
into thc affairs OF the Custom House has been holding
sessions at intervals since then II consists Of
the Collector Surveyor Appraiser, Naval Officer ana
sncc,a agent in charge. Several are now being
considered. Several months ago Frank AngcVlhe' Il
former examiner at the Appraisers stores. was by a
| majority OF the commission recommended for rein
statement, but nothing further has been zone YET
His case will probably come before the commission
I'm few DAYS. The case OF James NJ Gulioyie' an
examiner at the Appraisers Stores who was recon-
mendcd for dismissal by Collector Erhard' Is also
to be taken up again and investigated.
The first annual subscription reception and dance
Of the Knickerbockcr Tennis Club will be held Mt the
Ellcrslie No. SO West One-hundred and-tweny sixth
ST on Thursday evening. About goo invitations have
been issued and many OF the prominent local tennis
players will be present.
The weekly meeting OF the ministers Of the Meth
odlst Episcopal Church held yesterday morning
at No. $50 Finh-ave. The Rev. George Brown was
elected temporary secretary, in the absence OF Sec
retory Triple The Rev s. l.. Bcilcr presided. Tho
paper for discussion "Thc OF Weaker Churches.
was read by the Rev. c. X Barnes, OF the First
Methodist Church, HobOkcn.
At the regular weekly meeting Of the Baptist
preachers Yesterday morning In the Baptist Tabcr
nacle, SccOnd-avc. and feminist. the Rev. a. e.
Dixon OF the Hanson Place Church. Brooklyn acted
as moderator for the first time since his election.
President Austin Scott. Of Rutgers College read n
paper on The Moral Influence OF Correct Use OF
the English Language
Salvatore La Giasso, superintendent Of the plano
factory OF lardman, Peck Co., No. 633 West Forty
cghthst., fined 900 In the Court Of Special Scs-
Sions yesterday for violating the factory law in en-
poying a boy under fourteen years old. Mr. La Giasso
said that the boys father who Is employed porter
In the building, had said that the boy four
teen when he began to work three months ago
At a meeting OF the Harbor Lines Board. held IN
the Army Building In Whtchalst. yesterday, the city
made application for an extension OF the bulkhcad
lines around RIkers Island The question OF a change
the harbOr line at Ravens also discus e1
The steamship Yumuri came In yesterday from
Havana. bringing among her passengers the first and
second mates and fourteen sailors OF the wrecked
Dutch bark J. p. A. The bark was anchored in the
harbor OF San Antonio, Cuba. on January 3. when
fierce "norther' sprang up The vessel was driven
ashore and will probably prove n total loss. The
crew escaped to the shore in safety.
The steam yacht Sycamore Is now on her way
here from Bermuda. where she was reported on JAN
nary 2. The Sycamore Is under charter to Elisha
VI. Fulton, r.. who with party OF friends has been
making n cruise in the West Indies. This Is the
SagamOre's third cruise to the West Indies.
The directors of the Ninth Avenue Surface Railway
Company yesterday elected the following officers for
the year: President. George Law; vice president,
Jacob Hays; secretary and treasurer James q.
Afleck.
The anniversary Of the German branch Of tse