New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-06
PATERSON.
AOI1CE AND CITIZENS JOIN IN BREAKING
UP A "FAN-TAN" GAME.

THE roy-RfsT CYCLE CLUES STREAK OF BAD
,.rcx-uAyINo Fun WITH AN ALDERMAN
.gIrs OF LOCAL CHAT.
There had been suspicion for some time that Z
tea store kept by Hung Now. Chinaman. at No.
oi2 Straight-s, was "fan-tan JOINT ana RAID
made last Thursday night confirmed the sLrmlse.
Amid the echoes OF the last acknowledgements that
said farewell to the Fourth OF July. squad Of
police ard citizens burst IN back door and found
the cellar full Of Cinnamon playing fan-tan. They
rushed for the stairway but found every avenue Of
escape shut. One Of them drew knife ana tried
TO stab Elmer Snyder. n citizen. VINO grappied with
him and the Ch!naman bit Snyder IN the hand.
Another Ch,naman drew a revolver. but did not get
q chance to use It. twenty-five Cinnamon were
driven to the police station In the patrol wagon. A
large assortment OF gambling implements wac
seized The proprietor OF the place was fined IS
Yesterday and the others s. each.
The Tourist Cycle Cub was the victim OF an In
dico-hued streak OF luck. After opening two days
meet al Clifton track with some excellent sport the
contests OF the Fourth which were expected TO
attract a large crowd had TO b. called OF on &C!
count OF the rain. and the conditions yesterday
made n further and indefinite postponement neces-
sary The Tourists had spent great deal OF money
on prizes and arrangements and VIII lose heavily
by the frownIng face VI Secretary Mortons rev
"Old Probabilities"
steel plates for bowling alleys form the latest In
dus,ry for Paterson. They are the device OF .
blllnrd-tabe house. and the hrst cnrlorf was
sbluped from the Cooke Locomotive ana Machine
Works this week for alleys In Schenectady, y. Y.
nathan Fleischcr has been appointed by Mayor
Braun as a member Of the Park Commission TO sue
Good John Agn.w resigned Mr. Flelschcr II
member Of large Newark and Paterson grocery
nrm.
Tho death ~ HelapIo. Italy. OF Fannie Beckwlv.
Hobart the only daughter .. ex-s'atc Senator Gar
ret a. Hobart was felt al a personal bereavement
by n largo part OF ne community Letters from
members Of the family. inc.uiing some from Miss
Hobart herself written only nine days before the
cable dispatch announcing her death. were received
this week by friends In Paterson. and were cheer
fui and chatty. making nc mention OF Illness. g.
Lambert, tho silk manufs friend ~ Mr..
Hobart e,egraphed TO the representative OF Dexter,
Lambert & Co. In Milan. to go at once to Bellaso
md give what assistance No could 10 the stricken
family In bringing home their dead.
An order for twenty-five locomotives now undes
way at the Rogers Works Is suggestive OF the Old
and palmy days In Patersons iron industry now
overshadowed In magnitude by SILK.
whcemen and wheelwomen have had fun out Of
the new ordinance requiring bells and lamps on
bicycles at night under heavy penaties There nave
Hssn night n gTd Of syf head T an% the
gongs dinnerbcs they could find attached to
hsr %hee one psry wn anden an supP o.
infnan,s. gave serenade to Alderman Rawsoa.
who voted for the measure.
Paterson's population of 5000. shown by the
census. does no, surprise careful calculations az
Though II some rS who napus ssn S
ike that Of the Jersey farmer who said: That
N never spected Z would
Indignantly deny, the story that they los, about
and SSers * 5es
sales OF beer They say that 800 WIN ., cover YER the
p ws .oa on sunday is shrewdiy guessed at
nobody viii be prosecuted for pocketng port.on
OF the revenue.
for 80 old and staii a corporaton-sow WIG
oats 4 ieaky freightcar distributed q slfuns o.
this grain between the rails Of the @ cin ms
and hss week the oats sprouted In the oai:ast ana
showed a line OF tender green along the highway
OF commerce
courthouse means an added boom" for the Col,
tract. and the appointment by Judge Dixon Of
FOR comfortable period number are looSlhs
for places the commission. but they do no. dsre
Judges known character. that anxiety 10 hold Of
nee will act as deterrent with him
The resignation OF I.asae II. White as principal
OF the high school to accept better paving place
an ss0G 'sasser s'a and pupils charge
school No l. another highly esteemed Instructor.
viii also depart. having accepted the prlncipasAip
OF the Vermont Academy.
big and unsightly poles are now possibilities o.
the near future. An ordinance has passed through
to the telephone company the right to lay subways.
The company pay 500 mile annually. lay
ssee m ear rWe ie cy he s OF the conduit
for fire alarm and police telegraph wires ana De-
after the passage OF the ordnance