New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-25
NETWORK CITY.

Tho Torrev botanical Club will hold a meeting
this evening at s o'clock in Hamilton Hall. Co
Iumbia College. The members Will listen 10 the
reading Of papers by DR.. c. l.. Pollard on Inc
Genus Cassia in North America. Illustrated Win
specimens by DR.. II. H. Rushy, on "A IaIK OH
Roots and STEMS by Professor !. r, Ai'e ,. o,'
New Species Of Characae," and by DR.. J. X small
an some New and Interesting Species Of Poly
gonum.'
DR. William C. Braislin read paper last evening
before the New-York I.nnaean Society, on birds
observed in Prospect Park, Brooklyn During the
Winter Of 1894"
The annual Joint debate between the Phiolexlan
Society and the Barnard Literary Association VIII
take place Friday evening. April q al the eo'ese'
The subject 10 be discussed IS Resolved Ihat cap
unl Punishment Should BE Abolished Affirmative
pbuolexiau Society: negative Barnard Literary AS
eoc,s,ion The representatives, chosen from the
pbgoIex,an are A. c. Phillips. a. and r. L. Brooks
.e7. from, the Barnard. Sheppard Knapp a. and W.
D. Street. 95.
There will be a regular meeting OF the Church
Club OF New-York at the c!ubrooms' NO. 40 MN
ave- this evening. The special topic VIII De no"
Far the Church Should Concern Herself :" n 'he
,rorororal Welfare Of Mankind" The Rev. Dr
Rainsford the Rev W. f. Johnson General Wager
swayne and others have accepted invitations 10
speak.
The Trow Business Directory for 1894 has APP
peared. 1t contains the names and actresses Oh ~.
sons firms and corporations doing business IN New
York.
The Tribune has received SCI 4S for the FRESHMAN
Fund being the proceeds OF fair held at BRUCE
port Conn. or March % by the Misses "er""1e
G. Hubben and Amelia Starr.
The annual meeting OF the New-York Association
in aid Of the Gould Memorial Home IN Rome.
rtaIv will be held at the home OF Mrs Sanuei
Sloan. No. Fast Thirty -elghth-st tomorrow az
$3.50 D. m. Addresses Will be made by the HeV DfS
John Hall and Henry VI. Sanders
Owing TO the increased demand for The Pau Mali
Magazine" in the United States the publishers an
nounce that. beginning with the May NUMBER "
will be placed on sale ten days earlier than hereto
fore.
A convention Of retail grocers Of the State. under
the auspices of the Central Association OF retain
Merchants of New-York and It's vicinity VIII De
held to-day at Retail Grocers' Hail. Nos. us ana
40 East Fifty-seventh-s,.. at ? p m ana ''o p H.
A conference was held Yesterday between special
ooro,,i,,.e ~ the Chamber Of Commerce composed
Of Alexander f. Orr. J. Edward simmons ana
George Wilson and the Building Committee 81 me
Hew-York Clearing House Association in relation
TO the proposition that the Chamber shall have i's
Offices portrait gallery, etc, in the new clearing
Uouse Building No decision will be reached TOT
several days There Is a strong feeling among Inc
members OF the Chamber that It ought TO have
suitable building for Itself
The Museum OF Art will be open free TO the public
to-day. tomorrow and Saturday from 10 a m to
D. m; Sunday afternoon from to . O'CLOCK anu
Friday evening from to 10 o'clock. The ad'n'ss'o"
on Friday from 10 a. IN. TO D. m. Is p cents
Admission 10 the Museum OF Natural History u
free to-day. tomorrow and Friday from a m. 10
3 =. m; on Saturday from a m. TO 10 p m, ana
on Sunday from to 2. m.
There will be A woman suffrage meeting this even
ing at No. 3OS Pleasantave.
Denman Thompson. the actor. has bought house
at No 80 West Seventieth-st from John l. Farley
An additional juror No. II. was secured yester-
day in the trial Of DR. Meyer in General Sessions
He is Joshua Van Veen. painter and decorator at
No Lafayette Place. who lives at NO. O'2 East
Observation-Disclosures th-st
The annual election Of the Maritime Association
was held Yesterday The following officers were
elected President. Edward S. Atwood; vice-presi-
dent Hugh Kelly treasurer. Louis T. Romano;
directors John A. Cormack. Frank A. Dayton. f,
Whitney Doane George O. Lord. Clayton Plat and
Albert Spencer.
Thomas Cullen, an old employe OF the Maritime
Exchange died Of consumption yesterday morning
at his home, No. 40 Sackett-st, Brooklyn lie en-
tered the service OF the Maritime Exchange In 1919
At the time OF his death he was the clerk whose
business 1t keep the run Of the vessels sighted
In the ofiing and to inform interested persons.
Among the passengers sailing on the North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Lain. for southampton and
Bremen, yesterday were Mr.. and Mrs G. +. Blake
way. Mrs H. r. Hoyt Miss e. c. Cleveland, Mrs.
S. l. HURT, Mr.. and Mrs. VI. Mayer. Dr. Jacob
Marti Mr. and Mrs. f A. Tamm. and DR.. and Mrs
H. II. Heineman.
Mrs c. NJ Smyth and Miss Smyth. the wife and
daughter of the American Minister TO Hayti. were
on the steamship Prlnz friedrich Hen
Dirk which arrived here yesterday from Port-au-
Prince.
The bazaar OF Steinwehr Corps No. 3S. w. r. c..
an auxiliary Of the G. A. r.. Department OF New
York was continued at the Central Opera House. In
East xty-seventh-st, yesterday afternoon and
evening II will be continued to-day and tomorrow