New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-20
GATHERED ABOUT THE TOWN

The body OF the Rev. Dr.. John Loughran rector
OF the Church OF the Visitation. who died In
Georgia early Monday morning. reached the home
of the priests father in this city yesterday. This
afternoon the body will lie in state at the church
OF which he was pastor, and tomorrow morning
a solemn requiem mass will be said for the repose
OF the soul of the dead rector. Burial Will be In
Holy Cross Cemetery.
The State Railroad Commissioners, Messrs.
Beardsey. Chaplin and Richard. held a brief SEES
sion at the City Hall yesterday. to hear the pro-
ceedngs OF James H. Graham and others against
the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad. The
charges relative to q fve-cent fare were with
drawn. because the matter is now before the
Legislature.
Advces from Oshkosh Wis, TO Brooklyn parties
yesterday said that a decree OF absolute divorce
had been granted this week to Mrs. Halle L. Mac
Gregor from the Rev Duncan MacGregor OF Phila-
delphia. She is to have the cole custody OF their
only child. a daughter. and the right TO resume
! her maiden name, Halle L. Rogers. The Rev.
! Duncan MacGregor was pastor OF the Greenpoint.
York Street and Carroll Street Methodist churches.
in Brooklyn About four years he became a
Baptist and to a Philadelphia church. Mrs.
MacGregor is woman OF culture and refinement.
and made many friends in Brooklyn.
A special meeting OF the Union League Club Will
be held some evening this week to select candi-
date for president OF the club. General Stewart
L. Woodford was chosen for the place. but his
declinatiOn or the honor was tclcgrdphel from
Egypt. where he is travelling. Abel +. Blackmar,
the present president is likely to succeed himself.
He would probably have been renominated when
this years ticket made up had he not ex-
pressed a desire TO retire.
Coroner Dreamer and jury yesterday held the
inquest In the case o, Henry Havemeyer, eighteen
years old who killed by troey-car No. l.l2l,
OF the Myrtle-ave line. the afternoon OF Feb
ruary T. at Sumner and Myrtle ayes The jury
brought in a verdict holding f.. p. Mahoney. the
motorman criminally responsible for the death OF
the boy, and the railroad company criminally re
sponsble for not having taken the car of when
reported out Of order by the moiorman.
Bishop Thomas W. Campbell the new rector o.
the Reformed Episcopal Church OF the Reconcilia-
ton. at Nostrand and Jefferson ayes. had a vel
come on Monday evening by the Young People :
Society OF Christian Endeavor.
Mr. and Mrs Morris Hyans. Hebrews. OF No.
/ 2O27 Thrd-ave. New-York have disappeared. under
peculiar circumstances. They had a suit for dam
ages against the Brooklyn city Railroad Company
In progress. charging that Mrs Hyams had been
injured on a trollcy-car. Their lawyer Morris
Hart has informed the company's attorney that
he will not 20 on with the he believes
Hyams and his wife are frauds 1t Is alleged that
Mrs. Hyams feigned paralysis. and withstood the
sticking of pins into her limbs In order to convince
| the doctors that she paralytic
! A concert for the benefit OF the Williamsburg
Masonic Board OF Relief is to be given at the First
Reformed Church. Bedford-ave and Clymer-st on
Tuesday evening
In Calvary Baptist Church. Sumner ave and De-
catur-st. tonight. there will be mass meeting
to promote the enforcement OF law in Brooklyn.
Snapshots OF lawlessness will be shown with the
stereopticon. The Rev. Or. G. T.. Nash will preside.
"A Catholic drunk in a Protestant church, Why.
that's awful: disgrace TO your religion, and "a
dishonor to the other" said Justice Qugley 10
| Irene Muller. hlty-one years old yesterday when
she was aIralgned before him for being found in
! toxicated IN ST Marks Protestant Episcopal
| Church. Irene fined $40
| The John Antondes farm OF forty acres in Flat
/ lands. has been bought by William Marshall
! for $l1"0 1t will be cut up into building lots and