New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-16
NEW-YORK CITY.

The examinations for admission 10 the Normal
College will be held this year on June T. >, and I.
The final examinations for graduation Will begin on
May 3
The overcrowde1 condition OF the schools OF the
Twelfth Ward will be relieved somewhat this sum-
mer as the Board OF Education has decided to rent
three buldlngs-n One-hundred -and-t wenty-hfthst.
near Fifh-ave One-hundred and -twent -fourth-st.
and Third-ave.. and in Onehundred and secondst..
near Second-ave These will have seating capacity
OF about twenty-three hundred.
The Building Committee OF the Board Of Eauca-
ton held meeting yesterday afternoon, and consld-
cred the report Of Commissioner Wchrum showing
the defects OF a number OF schools The report was
sald to be unjust in many ways. parts OF It gave
me Commissioners impressions at visits made two
or three years ago In the mean time many OF the
schools had been repaired.
At the Church OF the Eternal Hope. No li2 West
Eighty-frst-st. the second organ recital given by
Robert Epworth Terry will take place this after
noon at o'clock. Mrs. A. l.. Beckman and Charles
H. Baldwin will be the solois;s.
A debate on Woman Suffrage" will be held nj,
the home of Mrs Henry Martin Warren, No. 36l
West Twenty thrd-st.. tomorrow at p. m. Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton will preside. and Miss Mary
Foster. OF Newman College. Cambridge England;
Professor and Mrs. William Scudamore and Miss
Romola Tynte will take part in the discussion.
The naval court appointed to investigate the strand
ing OF the steamer Persian Monarch will assemble
to-day at II 80 O'Clock at the office OF the British
Consul, in Safest Captain Hceey. OF the Greece;
Captain Harris, OF the CampanIa. and Consul-Gen-
eral Frazier Will compose the court Captain Par
SELL OF the Majestic. will appear counsel for Cap
tain BrIstow. Of the Persian Monarch
A. ]. Drexels steam yacht Marguerite, formerly
the Samarias which was purchased from her French
owner for Mr.. Drexel by Daniel Manning arrived
here yesterday from Philadelphia, and went TO an
anchorage off Twenty-oghth-st East River. The
Marguerite Is larger than the May. and is OF the
biggest English-bulit steam yachts brought over
here.
The New-York Camera Club will give a "srnoker'
at the rooms OF the club. No 3l4 Fifh-ave, on Sat-
urday. from $50 TO II p TO which members have
the privilege to invite their friends.
The closing exercises for the OF the Indus
trial School Of the Pilgrim Congregational Church
Will take place Friday evening. The eighteenth
annual report shows over seven hundred names on
the record book for this year, with average at
tendance OF 268 for each Saturday. There are forty
six volunteer teachers on the roll. and the sewing
work done by the girls will be on exhibition and
sale In the chapel on Friday evening.
Meyer Lehman. OF Lehman e. Co.. yesterday
opened at the Cotton Exchange subscriptions for the
sufferers by the earthquakes in Greece. The amount
subscribed 500.
Charles T. Clarendon. a member Of the Consoli-
dated Stock and Petroleum Exchange, failed to meet
his contracts yesterday. There were 100 shares Of
American Sugar Refining sold under the rules for
his account Mr.. Clarendon has until tomorrow to
meet his clearing house obligations before he is
pended.
The annual commencement OF the NewYork Col
ege OF Music will take place at Chickerng Hall
this evening. Everett p Wheeler Will deliver the
address.
Annie Passnlck. who badly burned at No.
fn Norfolk-st on Monday. died In Bellevue Hospital
yesterday morning.
The ship r. d. Rice has arrived from San Fran
cisco with 25768 cases OF canned salmon. 1858 bar
rels OF wine 1000 TASKS of quicksilver, $500 sacks
Of sugar. 1900 bags OF dried Lima beans l.6o9 bags