New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-15
NEW.YOKK CITY.

The Rev DR.. Charles II. Parkhurst called on
District Attorney Nico yesterday; neither would
tell reporters the object Of the visit.
Special Week OF Prayer services. arranged by the
East Eighty-sxth-st. branch Of the Young Men 5
Christian Association. will be held this evening at
s o'clock in the following churches Madison
Avenue Reformed. Fifty-seventh-st. and Madison
ave-; speakers, Cleveland II. Dodge. president OF
the New-York City Association. and Thomas n
Cree of the International Committee: Park Avenue
Methodist Episcopal, Eghty-sixth-st and Park
ave: speaker J. Aspinwall Hodge. jr.; First Union
Presbyterian. Eighty-sxth-st. and Lexington-aVe.;
speaker. William l.. Amerman
Captains Montgomery Sicard, Joseph ~ Miller
and f. NJ. Shepard yesterday finished the investi-
cation of the grounding OF the gunboat Machias
off Chatham, Mass. on october 20. and forwarded
their report to Washington. The vessel Is AT the
Navy Yard but an inspection OF her shows that
she sustained little no injury when she
grounded.
Police Sergeant William Cruise. Of the Prnce-st.
squad, was transferred TO the sanitary SQUAD yes
terday, to fill the vacancy caused by the hea'h OF
Sergeant Coughln. Sergeant Conboy was trans
ferred from the Old Slip station to the Mercer-st.
station.
Mails from Hong Kong OF October Il: Shanghai
October o.: Yokohama October 2s. and Honolulu.
November Z are due in NewYork Saturday. TO
vember 1s The next mail for CHINA ana japan
will close at $50 p. m. to-day.
Tho Police Commissioners yesterday inflicted fines
~ five davs' pay upon Sergeant Joyce and Police
men Ferratu and Cox. OF the East One-hundren-
and fourth-st. station, who were caught ny III
spcctor Williams with can of beer in the station
recentlv Commissioner MacLean said he thought
II was not right to infict heavier fines. because
he understood that the practice OF taxing Deer o
the police stations not uncommon He thought
with the other Commissioners, that the practice
should be stopped
Rarnett Lesser, young Russian pedler VINO
boarded with his married brother at No. a FL
drIdee-st was sent to Bellevue Hospital Tor ex-
animation as dangerous lunatic on Monday night.
He had been sent the hospital on other occasions
and had been sent back. cured his relatives
said Lately he believed he burning inside,
and invited people look down his throat and see
the fire Monday evening he told his sister-in-law
that he must cut her throat because ne couIu ger
well only by sacrificing her. She appealed 10 her
husband and he handed his brother over to the
police.
Meetings OF the Sinking Fund Commissioners and
~ the Board of Estimate will be held to-day in
the Mayors Office.
Workmen were engaged yesterday preparing the
foundation for the Nathan Hale statue, whlch IL
to be unveiled Evacuation Day. Nov"nner % a'
tho southwest corner of the City Hall Park
The Museum of Art will be open free TO the pub
uc today Tomorrow and Saturday. from 10 a. m
m 6 n m: Sunday afternoon from 10 O'CLOCK
and Friday evening from to 10 o'clock. The adj
mission on Friday from ~ m. to 6 p m Is =
cents.
Admission 10 the Museum Of Natural History Is
free to-day tomorrow ard Friday. from a. m
to 6 D. M; on Saturday. from a. m. to ~ p. m''
and on Sunday from ! to p m.