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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14
NEW-JERSEY.
NEWARK.

At a meeting OF male graduates OF the Newark
High School on Saturday night in the High School
building alumni association was formed to IN
clude only male graduates. The new association
will replace one which comprised both sexes and
has been in a morbund condition since 1850 George
=. u. Reeves was elected president; DR.. Edward
Ill and Frederick Foxcroft, vice-presidents; John
r. Weeks treasurer: William Wiener recording
secretary; G. w. Jaeger, corresponding secretary;
George C. Sonn historian An alumnae association
was formed by the female graduates some months
ago.
The friends OF the Rev. c. II. Hoffman. OF the
Beth Shan Home. whose character was recently
investigated by the managers OF the home. have
determined to have the charges against him tried
by a Baptist council. they are dissatisfied with
the action Of the managers. The council Will con-
vene on January 80 at p. m. In the Paramount
Avenue Baptist Tabernacle. nj. 49,.
Rabbi Kaiser. of the Congregation Is nai Apla
ham, who is accused OF deserton and non-support
BY his wife was arrested Saturday night on repre-
sensations by his wife that he had drawn an me
money due him and intended to leave the city lie
The house OF William WSse. No. % Walnut,st'
was entered by burglar at a. m YESTERDAY;
Mr. Wiese was awakened by the noise: ana starred
to investigate. He caught glimpse or the purgIar
as the latter escaped through the front door leaN
ing behind lot of silver and clothing, ne nau
three wears old, was arrested wearing an overcoat
belonging TO Wiesc, and having in his possession
trinkets taken from the house ,sou. =. .,. rssex
e. Pennington Whitehead, president OF the Essex
Club who had been president FOR nineteen years.
declined reelection at the annual club meeting on
sayday ngh aR NTH asge Andrew Krkpatrc
vice president. Dr. Leslie y. Ward secretary ana
Daniel Dodd treasurer. The Board OF governors
Eewton Van Ness Leslie u. Ward Frederick FIRE.
inghuysel and Moses Bigelow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14
NETWORK CITY.

Tho tenth anniversary OF the Young Mems Insti-
tu,e will be celebrated tomorrow evening at No.
222 Bowery
A special meeting OF the members OF Good Gov
eminent Club A. to elect additional delegates TO
tho Council OF Confederated Good Government
Clubs will be held at the clubhouse No. 722 Lex
ington-ave tomorrow evening at $50 o'clock Adj
dresses will be made by prominent speakers on
topics pertinent to municipal reform. and supper
will be served to members OF the club.
The Methodist Woman's Foreign Missionary So
cety for the New-York District will hold all
day meeting tomorrow In 81. Jamess Church.
Madison-ave and Ore-hundred- six h-st.
william j. Henderson il to deliver two lectures on
The Development OF style and Technique In Piano
Music" at the New York College OF Music. in East
Fifty -eighth-st. The first lecture will be on the
classic school and will be given on January .; the
second on the romantic school. on February i.
Alexander Lambert will assist at the piano.
meeting under the auspices OF Good Govern
ment Club II will be held In the Thirty-fourth
Street Reformed church west OF Eighth-ave.. to-
morrow evening at o'clock. The speakers cN-
pectcd are Mayor Strong. President J. A. Johnson.
OF tho Council OF Confedcratcd Good Government
Clubs. J. T.. Bishop and j. d. Osgood.
The Columbian Line steamer Allianca which mr.
rived here yesterday from Colon. reports that on
December % a severe storm swept over the Isthmus.
The vessels anchored in Navy Bay. of Colon. had
to put TO sea. avoid dragging their anchors and
going ashore.
Samuel Hidden one OF tho Ave workmcn who were
injured in the building AZ No. is West Twenty
sixth-st which cavcl IN Saturday. left -. Vim
cents Hospital yesterday for his home No. u
Chrysties st. lilo was the last TO leave
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ORANGE.

The East Orange Improvement Society held
spirited meeting Saturday evening. at which a
number OF important matters came up for discus
sion F. NJ Shepard, OF the Special Committee on
Consolidation of the Oranges. presented n ma
5ority report, In which IL stated that careful
canvassng among the residents OF East Orange
led to the conviction that there a large
FORTY opposed to consolidation in sny direction
and recommended that the matter be dropped
Hugh Lamb, for the minority. made report
stating that he had found such feeling OF op
position. and he supported by the fifth men,
committee was directed TO bring in tabulated state
ments OF the assessed valuations the rate OF taxa
ton the total Indebtedness. and the cost OF running
the police. fire and other departments In all the
Oranges. A committee was appointed to bring
before the society the bill for the change OF gov
eminent of East Orange, that had in some Irys-
terious way disappeared after ii had been approved
dered sent to the representative OF East Orange
IN the Assembly. The Public Welfare Committee
was directed to prepare bin authorizing the elcc-
ton OF a chief executive in municipalities OF the
character OF East Orange This one of the
chief features OF the missing bill. and one that
strenuously insisted by the society
at present in the township there is no veto
power lodged in any
The Orange Improvement Society. associa
ton OF prominent women in the Oranges. which is
taking UP matters of local and municipal reform
has addressed q letter 10 Andrew Reasoner gen.
eral superintendent OF the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Raj road. calling attention TO needed
improvements In the stations of the company
No answer has been received from Mr.. Reasoner.
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THE STREETS PRETTY WE'LL CLEANED

The large force OF extra men the Street-Cleaning
Department engaged last week TO clean the CITY
streets worked all day yesterday. The extra help
numbered nearly 1900 while the regular force Is
about 1900 All tho principal streets were fairly
clean before night the work still TO be done being
on streets little used the East and West sides
Before nghtfall IT looked as II the whole depart
ment would have more work or the same KIND TO
do as the snow began falling rapidly. 1t did not
last long however. -,
a subscriber has written 10 The Tribune that the
10000 circulars TO be sent 10 householders IN this
CITY are likely 70 be soon lost and forgotten but
that I'm Asbury Park. y. j., the warnings against
throwing refuse into the streets are printed on
stout paper and nailed 20 the doors OF houses where
the sanitary law is violated Such practice In this
city might have good effect
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FERRIES OYER NEWTOVN CREEK.

THE GREENPOINT BRIDGE WRECKED AGAIN.
ROWBOATs MAKING MONEY.
Communication bet xeen Greenpont and the Hunt
er's Point part of Long Island City completely
OFF yesterday. far the regular and usual
means were concerned. There is only one bridge
across Newtown Creek. and il connects Greenpont-
ave. Brooklyn. with Long Island City. Early last
week a vessel. in passing through the drawbridge,
struck the travelling section OF the bridge. and
damaged II that II was considered unsafe TO allow
wagons to pass over It. The bridge closed but
foot passengers were allowed 10 cross. The Boards
Of Supervisors to work at once to repair
the bridge and put IL In proper condition for the
usual service. In the mean time all wagons which
found IT necessary to had either TO cross to
this city by OF the ferries and then recross by
the Thirty fcurth-st ferry. else drive almost out
10 Newtown and cross by the Penny Bridge TO
Blissville. and then drive from there to Hunters
Point.
On Saturday morning the repairs had far
advanced that II looked though the bridge
would be ready for by yesterday afternoon
IT would have been hut for repetition OF the
nrst accident. Another vessel had her stern
thrown around by the current. and so wrecked
Ine bridge that II Is now unsafe for foot passen-
gers gers ana me bridge was ordered closed Yester
several days. possibly week, before It can be
All day yesterday men who owned or could Dor
row rowooats did thriving business. Passengers
were ferried across at varying rates. AT times
cents was charged. AT Others when II did not
much matter TO the person desiring to get across
the fare was only five cents So profitable dld the
business become that couple OF enterprising men
got out a steam launch and ran II backward and
forward all day They. however charged a uni
form rate OF 10 cents for each passenger and took
good portion o! the trade away from the rowboats
Up to late last night the rival ferries were kept
going. The men VIII be on hand early this morn
Ing when the workingmen who live In Hunter
Point and work In the Greenpoint factories have
TO go to work. An effort will be made to have the
Supervisors of the two counties provide some
means OF free passage pending the repairing OF the
bridge.
at bound for the cemeteries back OF Long Island
City had TO go a long way out OF the direct route
yesterday This the result of another bridge
blockade. The usual route IS through Borden-ave
but bridge crossing small stream between Long
Island City and Blissve out OF repair. and
the funerals had to drive up Jackson-ave to Sixth
St, and cross the stream by the bridge at that
point. This was a roundabout way. but II was
the only one available.
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NEWS FROM THE SUBURBS.
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
YONKERS.

The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Yonkers Electric Railroad will be held In the COM
pany's Offices to-day to elect directors the COM
mon Council and the Board of Civil Service COM
missioners will meet in Manor Hall this evening
and the Board of Governors Of the Palisade Boat
Club will meet In the bowling alleys at Gienwood.
The officers OF Yonkers Lodge. knights OF
Pythias will be installed tomorrow evening IN
the Castle Hail. in North Broadway.
The Montgomery Club. Of Yonkers (Clan-na-
gaeD. at their meeting last week. decided to cele-
brate the 117th anniversary of the birth OF Robert
Emmett In Teutonia Hall.
The Rev. g. Parkes Cadman will lecture TINS
evening in the Central Methodist Episcopal S
Epworth League of the Church. A..
This morning Edward Welsh, or ionkerS, tne
grocer who convicted last week at White
Plains for presenting fraudulent bill 10 the CITY
for supplies furnished during the smallpox cpl
demc OF 1898. will be arragned before Judge isaac
n. Mills for sentence. As this was the nrst OF u
number OF similar cases to be tried, much interest
Is manifested in the action Of the judge
police signal box is TO be placed in hawthorne-
ave. the Leake and watts orphan nome
Alarms OF fire may also be sent In from IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14
GATHERED ABOUT THE TOWN.

lighter lying at the wharf OF the Anglo-Ame
lean Stores Erie Basin capslzcd and sank yester-
day morning. with 800 barrels OF cement board.
The cargo is valued at sll00. and is owned by r. -.
Richard g. CO.. OF No. 81 Broadway. The lighter be-
longs to G.. S. Walker OF No. 10 DeKab-ave
special course OF ten talks about birds is to be
given by Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller. under the aus
pices Of the Brooklyn Institute OF Arts and Sci
ences, in the Art Building at No ia Montaguest
successive Monday afternoons. beginning one
week from to-day. While in every particular scen-
tihcally accurate. the talks not be at all
technical. but will be popular in their treatment
Of the subject, and arc intended to be as interest
ing they are instructive. Each talk treats OF
OF the bestknown bird families. points out tho
species TO be found I'm this vicinity and Is to be
illustrated by mounted specimens.
Two scenic presentations OF The Legend OF the
Holy Grail" or "Parsifal." will he given by the
Department OF Music OF the brooklyn Institute OF
Arts and Sciences in Association Hall on Wednes-
day afternoon and evening. Readings will be given
by y. J. Corey. OF Detroit. and the music will be
sung by Miss Marie Van and Perry Averill.
A controversy over the payment OF fare occurred
late Saturday night Nostrand-ave. trolley-car
No. 20S between Michael Madigan OF Rogers ave.
and Maloone St. n passenger and Charles Adams.
OF No. 7S7 Nostrand-ave. the conductor In the
OF the controversy Madgan attempted to
assault Adams and the latter struck him the
head with the handle used in controlling the motor.
Madigan received "A severe scalp wound and pos
sble fracture OF the skull He was treated by a
surgeon from st. Johns Hospital and was sent
home Adams arrested.
An address Association in Social Progress
made by DR. Martin J.. Holbrook before the
Brooklyn Ethical Association In the Pouch Gallery
last evening.
The first OF the Augustus Graham lectures for
this season. provided for by bequest to the
Brooklyn Institute. was given by Professor Frank
lin w. Hooper In Art Association Hall last evening
gnnings Of Geological History" There will be four
more lectures at fortnightly intervals upon the
general theme The Evolution OF the Earth as a
Manifestation OF Divine Power. Wisdom aAd Good
ness"
The Law Enforcement Society will hold meet
Ing Tuesday evening In the Central Presby-
terrain Church. Tompkins and Wioughby ayes.
Among the speakers will be the Rev. Cortland
Myers. Colonel A. s. Bacon. the Rev. DR.. J. o. VIII
son. w. r. b. Mken. the Rev. j. +. Carson and
4. De Quincy FULLY.
Charles Potter. a peder thirty five years old, was
found unconscious yesterday morning in fur
nished room at No. 80 Whippe-st., and before Am
buance Surgeon Guilfoye. OF ST. Catharine's Hos
ptal arrived the man was dead. The body was
removed TO the Morgue and Coroner Creamer in
formed. An autopsy will be made
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HOME NEWS.
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.

Young Women's Christian Association. No
East Fifteenth-st. II a. M.
Good Government club Q smoker" No. 2l5
Voc, Onebundred- md twenty -fifth-st, evening.
New-York Yacht Club meeting. clubhouse even
ing.
Sprague-Smlth lecture, Berkeley Lyceum. p. m.
New-York Sunday -School Association. Calvary
Methodist Episcopal church. Seventh-ave. and one
hundred "A nd twenty -ninth-st. p. m.
Judson Fitzpatrick Post No. liS. G. \. r.. nstalla-
ton Of officers No 40 East One-hundred -andtwen-
ty-hfth-st, p. m
Mrs olive Thorne Mlller's lecture. No. la Monta-
guest. Brooklyn. p. IN.
American Geographical Society annual meeting,
Chickering Hail. $50 p. m.
Long Island Historical Society. lecture by Horace
Graves hall OF society p. m.
Ohio Society meeting. No. West Twenty ninth
St. G:S0 D.
IAdlaw Sage suit. Supreme Court.
Horse sale Dahlman's stables. East Twenty
fourth-st.. near Thrl-ave.. 10 n m.
The Rev J. l.. Campbell before noon prayer-meet-
Ing No. Il3 Futon-st.
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PASSAIC.

An unknown man was found lying under tree
on an unfrequented street near the electric car
house between Rutherford and Passaic yesterday
morning. with deep cash cut across his throat
and three cuts across the left cheek. His over
coat was also cut the heart, but the weapon
used failed to reach the skin. The man had been
lying In the rain all night. and was nearly speech
less from cold and loss of blood. Coroner Ullman,
OF Carlsbad. called. but found no case for
him The refused TO give his name, but ad-
mitted he had cut himself with a razor He is
supposed to be Eugene Schilsing. Frenchman'
who has been missing since Saturday afternoon.
Schilsng, who employed in a hotel in New
York. tried TO commit suicide some time ago by
shooting himself at the Twenty-thrd-st station of
the Sixth-ave. elevated railroad. He was taken to
the Hackensack Hospital where his wounds were
dressed by DR.. st. John VINO was unable TO decide
whether they would prove fatal or not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14
DEATH or J. KEAEYEY WARREN

J. Kearney Warren. an old and weknown stock
broker and clubman, died on Saturday at the Car
endon Hotel. where he and Mrs. Warren had been
spending some time Mr. Warren the OF
John Warren. former president OF the Stock FIX
change, and born In this city seventy -four years
ago. In lSl hc Began the stock brokerage and com
mission business with his father. under the firm
name OF John Warren & Son. The firm continued In
existence until 1911 Mr.. Warren then conducted the
business alone until 1892
ABOUT seven years AGO he removed 10 Washington
which place he had since made his home He still
retained his New-York interests and visited here
frequently. lie was one Of the original members Of
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READING SUPPLIED TO TIE ryFORrTyAT E

The twentieth annual report OF the Hospital
Book and Newspaper Society has just been pub
lshed. The object OF the society is to collect
reading matter from the public and distribute II
among tn, inmates OF the hospitals Institutions
and asylums. The amount of reading matter dis
tributed last year Was follows 63O books
1859 magazines, 1896 weekly and illustrated pa
pers and l52$5S newspapers. The red boxes OF the
society for the reception Of reading matter are a
familiar sight at a number OF public places With
the exception OF about 500 annually the society
depends entirely upon gifts OF both money and
reading matter to carry on It's good work The
list OF places at the end Of the report shows THAI
IN addition to the twenty-six city institutions with
uicii i,VD inmates the society sent reading mat
ter 10 li2 other places ataated In twenty difreran,
states and Territories. and comprising free libra.
Tres lighthouses lfe-saving stations. hospitals
homes. missionaries, etc. In the Southernn .ni
western States the society has about tweuW
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14
SUIT OVER FREDERICK BAKERS ESTATE

suit has been begun in behalf OF Mrs. Sophie
Sernmel Of No 2l3 Dean-st, to recover 5000 from
the estate OF Frederick Baker, who was implicated
with Samuel c. Seeey. the defaulting cashier OF the
Shoe and Leather Bank in NewYork. Her lawyer
SAYS that the money was secured by mlsrepresenta-
ton, and that Baker forged his wife's name TO a
mortgage in 1888. Mrs. Senmels husband. who was
a friend Of Baker told him his wife had money 10
invest Baker assigned Il mortgage upon a house In
One-hund red-and-twe third-si.. New-Iork. TO
Mrs. Semmel for $2,lOO. few months afierward
he tOId her the wished to pay OF the mort
gage and he induced her 10 accept a mortgage on
some property which he claimed in the same
street. The transaction took place in July. 1885, but
the mortgage not filed until January 1874. The
papers purported to be signed by both Baker aad
mis- wife. In 1881 Mrs Senme let Baker have 500
more. which he gave "A bond. Interest was regu-
larry paid up 10 last month. II has been found
since Bakers suicide that he did the prop
erty named In the mortgage, and Mrs. Baker denies
ever signing the papers. She is eXecutTiX OF her
hue hal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14
,fPc ROOTH TALKS TO SOLDIERS

lust before sunset last evening DR.. jenkins sent
the Quarantine boat Charles f. Alien over 10 ro''
Hamilton and brought to the Staten Island shore
Mrs darlington Booth OF the Salvation Army. Mrs.
Booth had addressed an audience at Fort Hamilton
in the afternoon and crossed to staten Island 70
visit the post at Fort Wadsworth, where she au-
dressed n large and enthusiastic audience Oh ciu@e"S
and soldiers on True Christianity. ,,
Another meeting will be held at Fort "aos"or'h
on next Sunday evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14

AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
FUNERAL OF ROBERT MACOY.

FUNERAL OF ROBEhI NiACOi.
A LARGE PROCESSION OF INCONSISTENCIES AT
AURORA GRATA CATHEDRAL.
Robert Macoy, who had been Eminent Grana
Recorder of the Grand Comm andery OF the STATE
OF New-York for forty-four years. was buried yes
terday In Greenwood Cemetery. Funeral services
were held in Aurora Grata Cathedral Bedford-aVe.
and Madison-st at O'Clock. and were conducteu
bv the representatives Of the Order OF Eastern
star OF which Mr. Macoy was the founder Al "a
O'clock the members OF Americas Lodge, +, anu
A NJ held services at the home OF the dead N.aS IN
a. No 100 Cymer-st The funeral procession ~.
Guided 500 Knights Templar. IS past commanuets 80, VI
comma deries. and all the officers ana mos on ~,
members of the Grand Commandery OF the otate VI
New-York The parade escorting the DOGGY 70 ~.
Cathedral was headed by squad OF ihouhteu Poi'S1
men, -, oho-,a ~ the
arrengements The procession formed at the louI,.
tain At Bedford-ave and Cymer-st: and as son
as the services the house had been aonIa
proceeded to the Cathedral. Thousands Oh peop'e
lined the sidewalks along the route A., ,,,o-,l
The Cathedral crowded when the i" s'rod
reached there and several hundred Masohs s Sd
an the sidewalk TO look at the face OF the uead d
Knight Right Eminent Sir John iowdeh HI pa,
Commander of the State of New-fork ana Ine 60,
rnandery. conducted the services Eu Iosn Stew
art Deputy Grand Master of Masohs r1 III, cen
York and Eminent Sir John Mapes. IT'LL Th bnd,
eralissimo Of the Grand CoinmanderE;; ~ fSo,n
was followed TO the grave by the oraln Iii
mander and his staff and final services "e'e Hun
there by Americas Lodge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14
WHITE PLAINS.

Claude Ottignon. member of the White rams
police force. and a roundsman on the Broadway
SQUAD when Inspector williams was a patrolman
attached TO his precinct, dropped dead yesterday
at his home on Hamton-ave. He was sixty years
old, and married
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14
EX-SENATOR WORTH IMPROVING.

The condition of ex-senator Jacob Worth. who
has seriously III his home. No. % Lee-ave.
with pneumonia. is now greatly improved. and he
is said to have passed all danger Or. Philleo the
attending physician. said last night that he had
every hope now of the ex-SenatOr's recovery: He
has been a sick man." sad he. land will say that
to the constant and devoted attention OF Mrs
Worth is greatly due his improved condition"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14
WEDNEspAY. JANUARY
SHIPPING NEWS.
FORT OF NETWORK SUNDAY. JAN 10. $50,
ARRIVED

Steamer Achilles d'D. Harvey. Yokohama October %.
Kobe 81 Shanghai November 49, Annoy TO- Singapore "a
suez December Ii. Port said Is. Algers 20 with mdse
L. Booth Co. Arrived the Bar at 10 30 a m jan
q
steamer Colorado dlr Abbott Hun December al with
fnds~ SanirTson son. Arrived AZ the Bsr NJ 81
steamer Normandie ia. Poirot Hayrc January 3.
with mlse and passengers TO a Forget. Passed In at
Sandy Hook 1880 T. IN.
Steamer cacique d'r Young. Valparaiso. via Mon
evdeo and Norfolk. with nitrate of II Grace
a 60. Arrived AZ the Par AZ 3iO = m.
Steamer Alliance. Cro-sman. Colon January g. with
rnds. and passengers Ia Stamford Parry %
Arrived al the Bnr At II 10 IN.
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correspondents to whom 1t SENDS poohs " ~
The otii,ers Of the society are: Mrs. Abram D.
Hewitt nresIdent: Mrs Fordham Morris. treas
,,rer: Miss O. L. Hoyt. secretary; Mr. j. FrederlcN
Tams chairman Newspaper CommIt,,e,e, Miss
Arthur Weman. chairman Book Committee; MISS
r. Rurrall Hoffman, secretary Book committee
Mrs J. " Miller chairman Press Committee; MIS-
e. l. Perkins Committee on Visiting Institutions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-14

the New-York Yacht Club, and one Of the Oldest
her ~ the METROPOLITAN Club OF Washington. He
formerly belonged to the NewYork and Knicker-
hoclser c,ubs hit resigned some years ago. He mar
red Miss Susan Ludlow. the daughter of Or. Ed
ward Greenleaf Ludlow. The funeral will probably
take place tomorrow, The burial VIII be in Trinity
churcbyard in the Daniel Ludlow vault