New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-04
NEW-YOPK CITY.

A. B. De Guerville is i'll and unable to give his
lectures at the Hotel Waldorf.
The Stability Board. which has been at work TO
devise some means for improving the stability OF
the new gunboat Machias. finished its work in the
Navy Yard yesterday and adjourned to meet next
In Washington.
The tax books for 1894 will be open for inspec-
ton from January S to April 3d. during which
time taxpayers will have opportunity to ap-
peal from their assessments.
A favorable report on Postmaster Daytons prop
osition to remove the sidewalk and stone wall
from Mail-st. was received by the Park Board
yesterday from its engineer.
The annual meeting Of the Board Of Coroners
held yesterday afternoon Coroner Schultze was re-
elected president The board expects TO move
into the new Criminal Court building in February.
Orders were issued yesterday directing every
person in the DistrictAtorneys office to be In the
Grand Jury room at 1920 a. tomorrow. /: is
supposed that Colonel Fellows wishes 10 deliver
some instructions.
Orders have been received from Washington to
stop the delivery Of mail to the James Jewelry
Company in the Havemeyer Building on the
ground that il is a swindng concern. An account
of its operations has been published in The Tribune
The board Of naval officers who are 70 examine
the electrical arrangements in the Navy Yard with
a view to consolidating all under one head met
in the Yard yesterday. Part of the session was
An entertainment for the benefit Of the Law
renee Athletic Club formerly the Cadet Club,
No 126 West Twenty second-st., Will be given on
January q at the Berkeley Lyceum. There will
be two short plays and Evert Jansen Wendell and
others will furnish additional amusement
An entertainment will be given at Chickering Hall
on Tuesday evening January %. in aid Of L. Ridley
e. Sons Employees Relief Fund. There will be a
minstrel performance. with ballads, comic songs
and humorous dialogues and other attractions.
A chorus of twenty-foIr trained voices and
orchestra of ten pieces will take part
There were 267 actions begun in the common law
branch of the United States Circuit Court in 1893
and 573 were tried and disposed Of In the equity
branch 247 suits brought and 17S heard and
disposed of. In the criminal branch so indictments
were found and 80 tried and disposed OF. There
were 1926 motions heard and disposed of.
President Wilson said. after the meeting of the
Health Board yesterday that no permit would be
granted the rendering of blood and ofal in the
slaughter-house at First-ave. and Forty-fourth-st
The permit was asked for by the United Dressed
Beef Company of New-York. The Ladies Health
Protective Association opposed he application
MISUNDERSTANDING Ncon SAID yesterday that he
would to-day submit to Judge Van Brunt, OF the
Court of oyer and Termin sr. order for the
removal Of T.. NJ Field TO this city from the Buff
faIo ASYLUM for the Insane. The Judge will sign
It. and Fields trial for larceny and perjury may
take place soon. His uncle. the Rev. DIR. Henry
NJ Field called on Dstrct-Attorney Fellows yes
terday
Edward W. Ryan. who has for seven years been
registry clerk in Branch a OF the Posofice, al
Houston and Crosby SITS. was arrested yesterday
by Inspectors Jacob and Shopp. He confessed that
he had been stealing money from registered letters
since September !. lie lives at No. $50 Washington
ave. Brooklyn Commissioner Shields committed
him to Ludlow Street Jail In default of $3.50 bail
Ryan stole several hundred dollars.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Statloners Board of Trade was held at the Office OF
the board No 80 Nassau-st.. Tuesday The fol-
lowing were elected trustees for the year 1891:
Alexander Agar, James c. AK N, Daniel :. APP
pleton Henry c. cambridge, Charles T. Dillingham;.
Eberhard Faber, A. j. c. Foye. Walter NJ. Jack
son. Samuel l. Knight. J. Val Koch. Amos NJ.
LYON William H. MARS. Charles Mclaughlin,
George L. Pease, Arthur Scribner. Emil Strobcl,
Frank Squier and Frank w. Wood
The annual meeting of the patrons and members
of MoCht Sinai Hospital will be held on Sunday at
II A. M at the dispensary building. No li9 East
sxty-seventh-st, to receive the reports Of the d.
rectors and to elect the following officers: pres-
dent in place Of Hyman Blum; vce-president, in
Mace OF Isaac Walach treasurer In place OF
ELIAS Asiel; five directors. for the term OF folr
wears In place OF Henry Gitterman. Simon Roths-
child l.. NJ Hornthal. Leopold We'll and Joshua
piza Cresigned) The polls will be open from u
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