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New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
TRAFFIC ON THE PROPOSED BRIDGE
EAST RIVER COMMISSIONERS HEAR BROOKLYN
RAILROAD MEN.

EAST RIVER COMMISSIONERS HEAR BROOKLYN
RAILROAD MEN.
The commits sioners Of the new East River bridge
held meeting yesterday afternoon at their rooms.
No. 81 Chamters-st. President Baird. Commis-
soners Sperry Batterman, Wales and Deeves and
Secretary Thvrber were present The treasurers
rerort showed disbursements of sl3.si7 "a and re-
ceipts amounting TO $500.
The principal object OF the meeting was TO hear
the views OF representatives OF the various railroads
In Brooklyn as TO terminal facilities. Among those
who responded 10 the invitation sent them NJ.
Kinds OF the Franklin-aye. line; M Cocheu. Of the
Nassau line; Mr. Ross.ter. OF the Brooklyn Heights
Rairoad Company; Mr. wicker OF the Suburban
road and MIR Uh.mann. president OF the Brooklyn
Elevated Railroad Company. They gave much
interesting information regarding railroad trafnc In
Brookiyn but there was difference as 10 the
statistics given Some OF the surface line men said
that their lines delivered 6oV0 persons daily 10 tho
Eastern District ferries. but Mr.. thmann disputed
THIS as excessive He contended that since lssS IS
per cent OF the Brooklyn Bridge passengers had
been carried by the elevated roads. and that this
percentage had increased This he considered
fair criterion OF what Was 10 be expected at the
new bridge A genera. estimate would slow that
The bridge represented about 4 per cent OF the total
He said that elevated roads would ask for two
tracks on the new bridge, and thought that two
tracks for the surface cars would be suntcient.
The railroad men present were requested TO sub.
init their Views and suggestions In writing, and
then adjournment was taken until uext Wedneodss v
at o'clock
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
PART III.
PAGES II TO IA.
ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR.
PROVISIONAL BUDGET PASSED BY THE
APPoRTIoNMENT BOARD.

AN INCREASE OVER THE TOTAL ESTIMATES FOR
LAST YEAR-AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE
BOTANICAL GARDEN IN BRoNX PARK.
Tho provisional estimates for 1896 passed by
.,. Eoari OF Estimate and Apportonment yesterday
.f,ernoon and they show an increase Of more than
& eaOoo over the amount appropriated for this year.
The BOARD met in the Mayors office at 10 a. M,
nm. President Jeroloman Of the Board of Alder
uen was absent and II was necessary TO have an
adjournment until p. III. The law makes neces-
.ary an affirmative vote OF all of the members OF
the BOARD for the passage OF the estimates. and
aso REQUIRES that provisional estimates shall be
passed before November each year
7, has been customary for the Board ot Estimate
and Apportionment to wait until almost the last
hour 10 pass the estimates. and up 10 the present
time no member Of the Board has died suddenly at
an hour when his death would have prevented the
legal massage OF the estimates. There have been
serious ouarre.s over the estimates in past years.
hut no member OF the Board has interposed his
negative vote at the last minute to paralyze the
city government by cutting OFF all appropria atoms.
In aiding to pass the provisional estimates yester-
day Controller Fitch said: II desire to state that
vote yes under protest In the matter OF several Of
these items and with the intention Of voting against
them on the final estimate
FIGURES OF THE BUDGET
The Board will 90 over the entire budget again
in December and probably will make number Of
changes In It before It is finally fixed. Appended
are the estimates passed yesterday. compared with
the fnal estimates for 1895:
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
SAYS POISON WXS IN her MILK.
MYSTERY FOR THE NEW OFFICIALS IN THE
EAST THIRTY -FIFTH-sr. STATION.

A MYSTERY FOR THE NEW OFFICIALS IN THE
EAST THIRTY FIFTH-sr. STATION.
Mrs Ella Lyons a widow who has five children.
with whom she lives on the top floor of No 5S Sec
ond-ave told a strange story Tuesday to the police
Of the East Thirty-hfth-st station. When she got
up in the morning to take in the can Of milk which
ad been ef: her icebOx In the hallway she dis
covered some green stuff top OF the milk. She
took the can OF milk to her son-n-aw, VINO hves IN
an adjoining house He convinced that the
strange substance was paris green. and he advised
her TO take the mix around to the East Thirty
nfth-st station. Policeman Bnnipg was detailed
TO Investigate the case. Mrs. Lyons told him that
she had had some trouble recently with a woman in
tie house The milk had been left In the hallway
at > o'clock in the morning by James Barnes. the
driver for r. B Baker, OF No. 59l Second-ave
When he put the milk in the can he said II was too
dark TO see whether not there was anything in
the bottom OF II.
Before Binnng could make an inquiry regarding
the facts In the he was Informed that he was
one OF the objects of the shake-up so he had TO
drop the matter He Is now in the MerceT-st sta
tion Sergeant Morris. who had the desk Tuesday
vhen the case was reported. transferred to
Oakst. and the sergeant on duty Yesterday did not
know anything about the case. Captain Martens
who was in charge OF the precinct. IL now In COM
mand OF the West Sixty-eghth-st; station. These
transfers seemed 10 have got the case greatly
mixed up. At the Board OF Health. where an
analysis Is made Of stuff thought TO he poison. II
was said yesterday that the milk had not been re-
ceved there. the case STANDS al present no ar
rests have been made The milk that is said to
have been mixed with poison is missing and the
police who have the responsibility OF clearing up the
mystery appear to be laboring In the dark.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31

,,. .A s,arI movement while the chief thing.
was no, the only thing In favor or the puiis Liver
mol splnners bought 1900 bales at l-32d ADVANCE
and futures in that market, after disappo'".tiS
start OF l-6id up, advanced quickly 4-ofd auui-
tional The news OF the receipts stimulated that
orLo+ I, is said on this side OF the ocean the
oo,uo, business N spot cotton was greater than
has been recorded this season New-Orieahs SOU SOU
10 $50 bales at nc advance, Memphis so'o ''V'o
bales at nc advance, Augusta SOLO oo oa'es a'
a-lsc up; Savannah 1855 at l-l6c advahce' "a'eso''
:, Louis. Norfolk and Mobile recorded advances
=, en- In snot quotations New-rork was up an
-. and SINNERS bought III bales. Exporters
.h,n,ed out 1896 bales-19075 to Great 9ritain anu
,s2u 10 the Continent. All ths' the puis sa'u'
showed that merchants exporters ana mahui~e''
orc were ready to do business In cotton ~ the pe
an, ,evel Of values The bears said that low water
IN the Southern rivers kept back receipts anu .hA'
.rcbants were holding back their cotton. They
aId Secretary Hester's figures Of the serni-"eeHiy
,aceints al thirteen interior towns proven IT,
Tna nub,,cation OF this semweekly interior
,ovsment showing an increase OF over p"" oAie'
60 far this week at the thirteen leadihs ih'elor
,ovns checked the advance slightly IN 'he after
noon The stock at these towns Is 2Ssio oaies
against 22sOSo last "eeA' N'-
2l73s1 in 1890 Su.h
rrhera were renewed rumors o. another ou'isn
,o,,,ar from Neill Such document Is eNpec'eu
nv the trade to be sprung at any Honiea'' MI"
hears are keeping an eye to wiho"aru io' " .,.
The following dispatches from the COTTON De''
,,oro received on the Exchange yesterday
New-Orleans. Oct 0O.-iovernment mas oruer.'
-, hurricane signals. Big storm in the West "u','
rohable course northeast. an1 should enter Louis'
aoa Mississippi. Alabama and South Atiahuc
States. ,r. pos," y,
uouston. Tex Oct 30.-"The Houston fost OF
yesterday saws Mr.. Pearce, proprietor OF tne
49,; ,ns q, Reeville In South Texas. was In Hous-
an veserday He says that Beevle VIII pr9pdmos m
roreive 800 bales this season. against oovv rs
YEAR. that usually this season OF the year gnrSS LIZ
- ~ coo,,on is at it's height, and Frequently WoLS
goes on day and night during the later ter part be Gr
Je,aose nv october 10, and now there is so niue
cotton that he runs the gins only two GAYS S ID onS
ceeT In Rea County many farmers nave turnen
ne cattle IN the fields Mexican weev.L in1 dr1u'n,
remarkabe rem condition OF affairs IN section @ OF
rxas rarelv visited by fTOft and wnere p.ckihs
oniSued last year until farmers wanted the land
for the rev crop. "a r,..auo, raxos yeaLIv ra-
nor, savs crop about all picked In many locahties,
port a;;at,ng only few remnants LETT in nelds;
,bat Z, is hel eyed the frost reported from northern
,n ma ~ state on 2sth will not damage cotton. as
poa r ron a complete failure IN many localities
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
KANSAS APPLES EXPORTED.
THE PIONEER SHIPMENT SENT ABROAD YEsTER-
pAY-APPLEs ABUNDANT on BOTH SIDES
OF THE ATLANTIc-soME ESTIMATES
or rfIr AMERICAN CROP

THE pioneer shipment abroad OF apples from Kan
sas" Josiah Rich. the veteran apple expert OF Otto
G. Mayer 4 Co.. said yesterday, was made to-day
when the American Line steamship st. Paul took
ls0 barrels for the London market by the way OF
Southampton The invoice consisted OF the Ben
Davis and Wine Sap apples. which are large.
handsome and OF the bright red color, so popular
in British markets. il the first shipment OF
apples ever received In this city from Kansas for
expectation to a foreign market, and indicates the
anxiety Of Western farmers to find an outlet for
this years hure apple crop. Heretofore, l have
never known of apples for expectation having been
shipped to this market from any State west of
Pennsylvania but this season letters have been
flowing In from Indiana. Michigan. Illinois. Mis-
soul and Ohio from farmers who are deslrous Of
sending their surplIs appes TO transatlantic mar
kets.
prices al the wholesale auction sales In Liverpool
and other British markets have thus far been salts
factory TO shippers Notwithstanding the immense
crops grown in Great Britain and on the European
Continent American apples better than the
transatlantic fruit and in great and growing
favor in tn. British markets.
The American apple crop this year Is simply
enormous. ! have seen 1t estimated at more than
- 5000 barrels bat | inclined to think that
innate somewhat exaggerated Last years crop
. about 100000 barrels, and 1t was regarded as
a good crop. In States whose cro' was deficient
last year the present crop is bounfu. and in some
States wnere the crop was abnormay large N
1894 it is Compare lively small this year. Probably
the American crop this year will foot UP TO about
60.0c0.00o barre.s.
THE exports to date. this season. including about
900 barrels which vent out the American Line
steamship St Paul and the White star steamship
T.utonc yesterday. amount TO about 5000 barres,
against coo 94 barrels exported up 10 the correspond
ing date last year. when the total shipments for
year were l4S l55 bar els Shipments Will increase
as the season advances but of course Will not be
nearly go large as those OF last year. account Of
the extreme fulness of the transatlantic crops.
Great as is the American crop tn!s season, IL Is
not full one, and IL Is. TO certain extent f0rtu
nate that Il Is short In some states. Stupendous
the figures may SEEM is fact that II every State
be about 100000 barrels, or nearly two barrels
each every man, woman and child In the country
II we had such "A crop that, II wouldn't pay the
farmers pick their apples.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
LEAPED FROM a WINDOW.
SUICIDE OF A RETIRED POLICE SER
GEANT.
KILLED HIMSELF IN THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS AT HIS HOME. NO 81 EAST EIGHTY
NINTH-sr-sUPPosED TO HAVE

BEEN INSANE
Phiip NJ Griffith. retired police sergeant, Sixty
five years old who lived with his daughter Mrs'
D. J. Barney on the third floor OF the fathouse NO.
q East Eighty-ninth-st. committed suicide al an
early hour yesterday morning by jumping from
window In his bedroom down the lightshaft dis-
tance of thirty feet.
Last Monday night ne had n stroke OF paralysis
which temporarily disabled him, but he soon recoV-
cred, and he much Improved that IL was not
deemed necessary to watch him Tuesday night
About . o'clock yesterday morning Mrs barney
was aroused from her sleep by hearing her father
raise the window in his bedroom, and the next mo-
ment she heard the crash OF falling body' She
awakened her husband. who ran into her iatner
room The window open and the old man had
disappeared. Mr.. Barney summoned the janitor or
the house, and the two procured light and went
down into the cellar. At the bottom OF the .lsht-
shaft they found the old mans body clad only IN
a nightshirt. There were no signs OF life IN the
body but Policeman Curtin. OF the East Eighty
eighthst station who called. sent TO the Pres,
byterlan Hospital for ambulance. When II arrived
the surgeon said that the man was dead, ana that
he must have. been killed instantly the sku! being
crushed and the back broken.
Mr.. Grith's relatives think that he must nave
been seized with n Al OF insanity In the night
Mr.. Griffith was appointed on the police force IN
1858 and was retired with pension In May, lSS,
after serving over thirty years
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
GRAND TRUNK MEN MEET IN LONDON.

London. oct. SoThe semannual meeting OF the
directors and shareholders OF the Grand Trunk Rail-
way Company. was held at the Cannon Street Ho-
rel to-day sh Charles Rivers Wilson. the president
OF the company presiding. He said there had
been an agreement OF rates within the last day or
two and he had telegraphed to General Manager
Sergeant In Montreal insructlng him 10 atiix his
signature and the seal OF the company thereto He
had reason to believe that the agreement would be
signed By all the other trunk line presidents to-day.
The report OF accounts was unanimously adopted
I, J Sergeant. general manager of the company
in Montreal was elected director.
A proposal for vote OF thanks and 100 guineas
10 Robert Household was lost.
A vote Of thanks to the Board and stan was then
paEse1
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
SHORTENED Supply OF csoroS wA1ER
DRAWING ON THE STORAGE RESERVOIRS HOPES
OF RAIN SOON

George W. Birdsall. chief engineer OF the Croton
Aoueduct said yesterday that the city's reservoirs
contained only thirty days supply OF water The
city has been drawing upon its storage supply OF
water for about two months. and. although there
IS no immediate for alarm II may be neces-
sary 10 take urgent measures to guard against
waste OF water unless there is rain in the Croton
watershed soon The season has been unusually
dry In Westchester and Putnam counties. and the
water in the large reservoirs is getting low. When
the reservoirs full they hold about $1,000 e"e~
gallons hut at present they contain only about
1000 600 600 AS the daily consumption OF water in
the city is more than 2C0000Go0 gallons, the present
supply will last only month longer
II Il expected. OF course that there Will be rain
the $50 square miles of territory tapped by the
Croton system within month and that
the will begin TO III up the reservoirs again
Should there be considerable rainfall IN that
region before December J. the city would De
practically without water however. and that would
Oe public calamity. the extent of which II would
be difficult 10 estimate. New reservoirs. which are
being constructed will increase the storage capacity
1000 0O 600 gallons by 1897. and then there can
be little danger Of a water famine.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
NO UALTING IN COTTON.
THE MARCH OPTION ABOVE NINE CENTS.
GREATLY DECREASED MOVEMENT STIMULATES
THE RIsE-SPOT MARKETS ACTIVE
AND ADVANCING.

Cotton made another sharp advance yesterday
quotations closing the New-Nork Cotton Ex-
change 10 to 1s polats higher than on the night ts
fore The January option closed at S95. against So
the lowest point touched on the Dig preak' WHO"
was on Monday October q. On the curb the price
,yas tvo ponts over the official close. and every
body was buying and nobody selling. The March
option sold up 9O5. Many things contributed %
the further rise yes.e.day but the chief cause Was
the greatly decrea ed movement Port receipts were
a. 7i9 bales against ST. 69l bales on the same day last
year less than half Houston. the largest OF 'he
interior receiving owns, got 1896 bales. against
II 22 bales last year. and expects 5000 to 5000 bales
to-day against II Al bales last year The Following
table shows the comparative receipts at the chief
saaboard cities the crop in 1893 being 10000 bales
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
TETANCS CURED BY 1NTITOYLN.
CASE IN WASHINGTON. PENN. BROUGHT TO
DR.. CHEERS NOTICE

DR GlBlEfs
DR.. Paul Gibier. director Of p n Institute.
Ninety-seventh-st and Central Park, West. yester-
day received letter from DR.. Wray Grayson. OF
Washington, Penn, containing account Of a
Of tetanus cured by the antltoxir treatm ln
The patient whom Or. Grayson designates in his
letter "B. T.. a sturdy boy. of six and one-hslf
years old. Of a civil engineer and residen of
Washington, Penn" while playing in his father 5
barn in the early part Of September. stepped 4
piece OF rusty wire which penetrated his -ght foot
nearly inch. Te;a developed and Or. Gray
telegraphed TO Pastcur Institute for quantity
Of antitOxin which Was sent 10 him at one. The
injection administered soon the al utioxin
received and within few hours its effect was
noticed. DIR. Grdyson says. The patients recovery
was then rapid and gradually he relieved Of
pain. IN reference 10 the case Or. Gibler said
being which the antitoXn has cured. The Of
Joseph Pevere. of No. SS Metropoan-ave.. Brook
lyn. who died OF ts Monday" said DR.
Giber. was a tesS case in no sense. The diseas'
had advanced so far that nothing could have saved
he bOy'
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
UJGU TIA FOR Az TNDUSTRT1L HOME

The Christian League Industrial Home is to be
the beneficiary OF the nigh tea" to be given to-
day from ] TO 10 y. ~. IN the Madison Square
Garden. The home is at No. East Twelfth-st
and is for sclf-supporting women. II is under the
direction of the National Christian League for the
Promotion of Social Purity which has headquarters
at No. 80 East Twenty -setond-st The officers Of
the .cague are: II u. Grannis. president; Miss NJ
r. Buchanan, yice-president; the Rev. Dr Henry v.
Satterlee. Mrs Ordon Taylor. Frank Moss, Mrs.
NJ +. Scripture vce-presidents; Isaac \. Miller.
corresponding secretary; Mrs Elizabeth Pettus
recording secretary. and Dr Nancy NJ Miller, treas
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
HELD FOR ILLEGAL REGISTRA TIOy.

John Daily twenty-eieht years Old Of Lakewood,
~ j. was held In 500 ball by Magistrate Deuel. IN
the Harlem Court yesterday for trial charge
OF registering Illegally. Policeman Smith. of the
East One-hundred- d-twenty slXth-s station, VINO
r,ade the arrest found that DAILY had registered in
the Nineteenth Election District of the XXIIld AS
sembly District living at No. 2228 Fifth-ave.,
when in fact he had never lived In the house.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
4 DENTIST TAKES ACONI1E.
KILLED HIMSELF AT THE NEW SYSTEM DENTAL
ASSOCIATIONS ROOMS.

ploy OF the New System Dental Association at NO
Union Square. committed suicide there yesterday
afternoon by taking aconite. lie was removed 20
Bellevue Hospital, where ne died soon after his
admission.
People at the dental rooms were reticent abou'
the case a woman who was In charge OF the place
said that DR. Miller came there from the West, and
that she knew nothing about him or about the
cause Of his suicide Other tenants In me house
said that he had been there since May. ana that ne
had been a heavy drlnker He was fOrty-nlne years
Old and IS said to have come from Fort wayne ina
There was some talk of DR.. Miller having written
a letter lust before he took the poison. and OF his
having talked TO a man named Scharie about MS
intention 10 die. ,..
The police. however. knew nothing Of any letter
and no one seemed to know who Scharle was OF
where he lived.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
c,p FAMINE ON WESTERN ROADS.

Chicago oct. 3O-Iowa advIces report severe car
famine In the north and west parts OF 'he STATE
Tho Railroad Commissioners find they are unable
- do ANYTHING. as the railroad companies have in
rss oil their available rolling stock and are strictly
enforcing the demurrage rules As yet Lot half
he crop is ready u move and many farmers are
onIv baeinnlng TO thrash. and no corn Is being
shinned The Commission Ia looking for the most
sarious famine In the history or Iowa railroads
when the movement sets In IN earnest
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
rUlroy STREET RAILROAD COMPANY

The Fulton Street Ra!soad Company fled articles
Of incorporation with the County Clerk YESTERDAY.
The capital stock is placed at $4,000 ana the road
In operated between Fulton and Ccrtiandt-s'' lef-
ries The directors are John fl. OROurke Arthir
IL Smith William Farrell John Bray, Peter j.
ORonrke, Frank q. Keane. Edward DALEY and
John J. Maoney, Of Brooklyn and AIrea 9: fo..e
formerly the North and East River Railroad, was
sold some time ago to John ii. OFourke one 81 US
directors under foreclosure II mortgage heo w
the American Trust Company.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
GIFT FOR ACTING CAPTAIN SHEERAN

Acting Captain Sheehan. who took command OF
the Twenty ninth Precinct EAST Northumberland
twenty-sxth-st) yesterday morning. surprised
about noon when two men carried into the station
an immense floral horseshoe six feet high and five
feet wide, and set II Gown In his office. Attached
to the horseshoe card bearing the inscription
ITO Acting Captain Mlcheel 5heehan. with the
compliments and best wishes OF the officers AMI
patrolmen OF the Eleventh Precinct"
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
r,o,,p1r FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN

Chicago, Oct. So.-A telegram from seatt'e wash
,.s,o.,ss the possibility OF labor trouble on the
60, Northern Railroad. It says there Is now at
Davrs Lake. ~ D.. a committee of eight chosen
from various lodges Of the American Railway Union.
and together they are revising the schedules for
suhnIsslon TO President Hill. The main ground
rrievance is entitled to as much consideration as
bigh-naid one without a grievance AS further
sa tor complant II is sad that Mr.. Hill, ever
since the great strike. which came 10 an END May
is 1894 has been systematically violating the agree
ment made at that time.
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
x5I,4IU,VtU " w, fOFI tVl u
THE INCREASED ESTIMATES.

Corporation Counsel Scott called attention to the
various items OF Increase. follows: s2.ScoN due
,o tho increase in the State tax $4,000 to interest
IN city debt: S2fnec0 Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth Ward improvements; sesces.- HsatTn pepar,
ment: 500 0Io Police Department; S5V,OU street
Cleaning; $4,000. Justices So,
The Controller said that the items for Mayors =
Office Law Department and Park Department ex-
penses were about the same as last year
The sum Of s25.c00 allowed for the botanical
garden In Bronx Park
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
,,o cpANpE WESTERN EXTENSION.

,,,,oaco Oct. S-A Salt Lake dispatch says:
GENERA, Manager Dodge and Traffic Manager Bah
.ock Of the Rio Grande Western, have returned
from western trip and announce that thelr cor
IIom 80 decided 10 resume building operatfor 5
p,S pa,SS the opening Of spring. The road VIII be bui
~i'n W. los a. Angeles on the line originally surveyed
New-York tribune., 1895-10-31
rOUyD HAy0Iy0 IN The WOODS

The body Of an unknown negro was found hang-
Ing from a tree in he woods at High brinse' near
and seventy third-st and Mercer-aye.
yesterday The body was removed 10 ne t|r.em
fn0rgie The man lad evidently committed SUI