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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-15

CITY JUDGE WILLIAM C. KELLOGG.
tanned for 4our years. when he resigned to accept
the place of teacher of Glasses ard IN Pubic
School No . in Yonkers At the enl Of the year
ali the male subordinate teachers were removed by
the new superintendent. Mr.. Kickoff. While prin-
cipal Of the Yarmouth HIGH school Mr. n He Gos,
mittee on Admis sions OF Barns:abe County. Mass.
10 oper IN he was % to this
State at the General Term held at Poughkeeps,e.
IN this city He is member Of Sepperhan Lodge
f. and A. NJ. and Palisade Lodge l. o. o. F.. OF
Mr. kellogg has shown exceedingly good Judgment
In appointing Henry J. Richie as court CLERK Mr.:
edueaea IN the pubic schools and has always KsI ysa
Prime, for whom he has been fo- several years
nssnE s clerk CT a pres S one ne
largest majores ever given 70 city official on a
sasiic Republican.
Thomas e. Lee. of No: 0s North Broadway who
has been appointed City Marshal was born IN Eng.
when three years old ana has lived here continu-
Sss six Ike mas ths si vent WITH Z
ha; manufacturers and from there 10 me hat works
Ss Sodh years in the trimming department Wishing
to learn trade ne served TIME with John 4. East.
the Otis Elevator Works in the wood-w orkng de-
partmen The contnemen, not agreeing , with n him:
at the tine Ga hS Ha snda s openns
has held the place Of head usher
At the meeting OF the Common Council on Mon
dav night James j. Mulcahey. ex-Cnief Engineer OF
the Fire Department, was appointed Fire Com
,ntssioner I'm the place of Robert Keilock, whose
term had expired. Maurice Harrsan Henry W..
pagan and John II. Claxton were appointed Com
PENSIONERS of Deeds. The Mayor vetoed the reso.u-
ton adopted at the last meeting by The Aldermen
ennrovng an act reference 10 the terms OF office
81 the Supervisors of the city. having been advised
~ the CITY Attorney that II was unconstitutional.
CSommissoner Of Public Works Cooper reported that
The Palisade Ferry Company had failed 10 pay Its
rental OF a portion of the pubie deck for the year
1872 and upo s a discon,nned GommssIoher Cooper
enhrnnitted a list OF streets that needed TO be re-
s,etred this year the Of the improvements being
Srured at sis.OOe The Commissioner stated that the
oSSnronriaton OF $4,000 for the department allows
npihing for this work. and provision Will have 10 DE
made for such Of these improvements as the Council
,nav order 10 BIZ done. The subject was referred 10
the Committee Of the Whole. 1t was decided that as
snon as il was considered advisable the land at
Gienwood held by the city for bath purposes should
he sod in conformity with the requirements or the
cS.rter and the proceeds used for the building OF
bathhouse IN near 0rchard-st The salary OF the
Piumbins was placed at $1,000 a year. The Council
AN the SALARY of William c. Kellogg the incom-
ing city Judge at 5000 year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-15
MOUNT NERNON.

.'7c be or NOT 10 be that is the question:. has
been the subject for discussion among the Repuo-
lcan nolitcians OF the several wards with re-
gard To the candidacy OF Mayor Edison Lewis for
denomination Owing TO the contest whch the
Democratic nominee began nearly two years ago
and continued for several months before de-
cision OF the cour: seated Mr.. Lewis as the ex-
ecutyo officer Of the city. there has been strong
dispositton not TO deprive Mr.. Lewis OF ronomina
t,on so that he might be elected by decisive vote
II he so desired Mr. Lewis set all doubts at rest
on Monday and left the field clear for ex-Aiderman
William Archer In letter forwarded 10 A. Noei
Rlakeman chairman OF the Republican CITY Com
mittee in which ne declines TO be a candidate he
had previously sent the following telegram, to Mr
Friday. IT Is impossible for me- to ACCEPT renomiha-
In the Letter sent TO Mr. Brakeman Mr.. Lewis
says that his decision Is not only final but that
is made imperative by reason OF his business az
fairs He IS member OF the clothing firm Of
Lesher whitman Co. the sen, o ,be business
are such as to make Il necessary for him 10 give
his undivided attention TO IT. hence he could not
de- oe the time needed to be given 10 ,he oa n Se
will likely go to Europe soon aterward az NJ ~ 10
be the foreign buyer Of the house OF wn'ch ne Is
partner go
Professor A. iect D1es on Rays and Radio.
graphs" under the auspices and ior the oeneht on
the Young Mems Christian Association on M9nI ~
evening There large ATTENDANCE anu 'he
lecture was interesting az well as instructive.
Jared SANFORD ex-Deputy State Superntendent
OF Public Instruction gave lecture IN SENIOR ~
last eyenirg on our Scnoo1 system ons more
Of The course Of free lectures given under the
authority Of the Board Of Education, whch WIZ Dc
by George o. Beach on Monday evening next.
nrmation in the Church of the Ascension this
evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-15
NETWORK CITY.

Arthur W Mllbury. secretary OF the Industrial
Christian Alliance. will lecture this evening at the
Mount Morris Baptist Church. FiN,h-ave. near
One hundred and-twenty-sxth-st. at o. 'lock. His
subject will be "Tenemenis and Lodging Houses
at Home and Abroad-fron the slum Rookery to
the Later, Examples OF Model Tcnemen,s and
Model Lodging Houses" The lecture Will be pro-
fuscly illustrated
reforms Needed In Trades Unions" will be tho
subject OF Professor George Gunton's lecture this
evening n. O'Clock IN his Free Wednesday Even
ing Lecture Course at the School OF Social Econo
mics. No "a Union Square
Crawford Howell Toy. professor In Harvard Uni
ycrsiiy. vii. lecture this evening at o'clock
The Latest Results OF the Higher Biblical Cri,
cisn' IN the church a, Lcnox-avc. and one hun
drci-and-twen,y -irs,-st. The special subject will
be the books OF the Ola Testament.
TIE Polytechnic Section OF the American Inst-
tute will NEE; to-morroY evening al No. Ill West
Thirty elgsth-st. AZ O'Clock. Professor William
Iiallock. Of Columbia University. Will lecture on
COLOR" with illustrations by brilliant experiments
The entertainment is free 10 the public.
performance OF The Pirates Of Penzance" will
be given April o at the New Manhattan Ath-
letc Club Theatre. in aid OF the choir fund OF the
Church OF ST. John the Evangelist
\ meeting OF the New-York Press Club to take
action on the death OF Colonel John A. Cocker
WAS held last night. Appropriate resolutions were
adopted and eulogstic remarks made By
Joseph Howard jr.. Foster Coates. Murat Halstead
John ". Keller. Charles W. Price. Colonel William
l.. Brown, DR.. McNiurran and others.
Trouble is threatened In the cooperage trade over
reduction o, wages. and there is some talk Of
so loo men. known as loose work coopers. 60
Ing on strike. The coopcr3 formerly received three
and a half cents for trimming a barrel. and get
only three cents Some OF the men paid
s. 20 a day and were expected 10 trim sevcnty-two
barrels. They say they have been notified tha.
they must now trim from eghty-six to ninety bar
ros for a days work. call for n mass-mccting
o. coopers In this city Brooklyn and Jersey City
for Friday night at Good Fellows Hall. No. II
Esscx-st.. has been issued.
The Pilot Commissioners have chartered an ad-
diuonai steamer to assist the craft already in
mission In the pilot service OF New-York. The ad-
dton Is the propeller Alaska which has been fire.
qucntly s.cn about the harbor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-15
COR. 31ST ST
PROFESSOR BOTT'S VIOLIN.
THE TRIAL OF VICTOR s FI.EcHTER BEGUN
IN GENERAL SESSIONS

THE TRIAL. OF VICTOR s. FLECHTER BEGUN
IN GENERAL SESSIONS.
Tho Iopp.stondng dispute about the alleged Strad'
,v,r,us violin which was stolen from the late Fro
fessor Jean Bot No. 355 West Thirty-hrst-st III
March, 1884, is up again at the trial oil victor .
Flechter the dealer In musical instruments III 'o"
Souare. who was indicted on the charge OF having
the violin unlawfully in his possession. jury io'
the trial was selected on Monday, and the trial be-
gan Yesterday before Recorder Gof. in Part OF the
Court of General Sessions. Assistant DistrictAttor-
ney Osborne appeared for the prosecution, ana W. T.
Palmer was counsel for Mr.. FechteT
Ellen Clancy who was servant In the mouse III
West Thrty-iirst-st. AT the time the violin was
stolen. described the appearance OF the young man
who stole the instrument. The thief was not Mr..
FIechter.
August Gemunier expert In v!ons. declared
that he saw Professor Bolts violin when 1t was
brought 10 this country and thought II was wor'1
about s. 600 He gave description OF the lnstrt-
ment The instrument which Mr. Flechter offered
for sale and which Mrs. Bot declared was the
identical violin that had been stolen from her nus
band, was produced In court and the witness san
its back side and scroll we're those OF the BOX
violin but the belly was different. The belly OF INC
Bot violin. before II was stolen. mad crack III IT,
he said.
Mr. Matilda Bot the widow OF Professor Bot.
testified that her husband paid 1900 thaers for In
Hanover in 1872 She the violin every day un;lI
1t was stolen She had identified the instrument IN
the possession OF Mr. Flechtrr the violin which
was stolen from her husband. she said she de-
srr!bed a number OF marks by which -he hta Den
able TO identify H. Mrs Bott also idenned two IT,,
ters which she had received after her husband
death one letter was signed Cave Dwelcr an
of cred TO restore the stoler violin FOR reward OF
$500 and a promise OF immrnty. The letter cor
tanned this sentence: 1T was my intention mrs, 10
dispose az IT, but account Of its great Nauc ana
the danger it would place me in ny offering It for
sal. for such a larg, sum o. money ! concluded 10
wait A form Of a personal notice which Mrs Boti
was 10 publish II she consented TO pay the reward
was Inserted In the other letter was incoSe! ne
draft OF ar Advertisement. which Mrs Boti WAS To
have published over the signaturf ~ Mr.. flech,,r
Daniel e Amcs. an expert In hhndwrllnf t"tlhe!
that the two letters written by the sam" NAM
Counsel for Mr. Flech,er mlde the announcement
that he would prove that Mr.. Fiechter wrote neither
letter The trial will be continued to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-15
SING SING.

The Town Board OF Sing Sing has issued the fol-
,or,,np letter about the operation OF the ballot
machines In the election held on March 81:
It Is due to all that should say that hat there Is no
evidence to show na ne m Was cast BY each
voter In elections. under all systems. mere Is
o ~ names and the cast due the voters
Emitting scratching svnTa psrH
workers. their friends to p, push in the
Of ss% %nu NU column No. a' thereby
pa vacant column No thus wasting such votes
This claimed by o as hs . %aaS pa
tne b aI lsst year The erroneous instruction was
doubtless column Enr 70 No was hidden.
Snmetmes done and that therefore the second col
would Seps mash n ENLARGED by the
Number from eight to four therefore using instead
eight nt,n maeh Tns az n with
Complex covering swsnysX candidates nr io5
against highway and ioT Ga anS sa
license which gas rsfrsn from casting
party balv;s In their eagerness 10 get III large
"erh sse Contributing causes in wise due to
.nv fault in the machines. and this Board Is con,
nden, ina, , Elections in the future will be fault
highly nasSnes We're %s WAS sed last 'a
Ths New-York papers yesterday morning con-
..,ned an account Of the unexplained absence OF
Y.aac B. Noxon secretary OF the Sing sing savings
Bank which read with great interest IN INN
village, and naturally Increased the TAX ABOUT the
.nair that had been going on for several days
rh.rs seems 10 De universal feeling OF confidence
IN the statements made by the ocials OF the several
banks with which Mr.. Noxon had been connected
mat his accounts with those institutions were per-
s..,,v correct The savings bank officials only
eersh thai timid depositors would be Influenced to
needessy Withdraw their deposits and thus lose the
44n.n thew can conveniently place, and that any
withdrawal Of funds would only result IN con. ,.
the bank would In no way suffer. It has surplus
Of nearly a quarter Of million OF DOLLARS and its
Eoxon's absence. President Henry c. Nelson. q
the First National Bank, on Monday nignt siio
~ not conslSr his continued absence subject tos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-15
NINE. RANKE AGAIN ARRESTED.
CHARGED WITH GIVING 4 WORTHLESS CHECK TO

JAMES MCREFRY co
Nine Ranke, the elocutlonis.. who now gives her
address rs the Park Avenue Hotel was locked up
in the West Thrticth-st station .ast night. charged
with giving n worthless check on the New-Amster-
dam Bank TO James McCreery e. co. for s., 90 In
payment for n dress which she got at their store
Yesterday She went to McCreery Co. picked
out the dress and gave them the check. The dress
was to Mn,e. Ranke at the Park Avenue Hotel
At the same time the firm sent the check 10 the
New-Amsterdam Bank. and soon aftcrward re-
ceived word that It worthless and that Nine
Ranke had no account there Detectives Lessen
and McVea arrested her at the tstcl
Nine Ranke who was arrested some days ago on
the charge OF having given worthless checks to Wal
lon & Barrows. photographers OF No. % Bcach-s
and the John toliemus Printing Company was
ulaccd on trial in the Court OF Special Sessions yes
,cIday on the frsi-named complaint According to
The evidence IL was shown that Nine. RaEkc gave
Tho checks neither Of which exceeded s. In amount
before the goods some sereopticon slides. were
delivered Her counsel. Daniel ORcily. contc aided
that there could be no larceny as Nine. Kankc had
received nothing at the time from the comp nants
This was the view taken by the Judges. who dis
missed the WALTON a. Barrows complaint and took up
Nine Rankc also gave worthless checks IN payment
FOR goods but In this case however. they were de-
iivered The prosecution discovered that an I'm
norta nj witness was absent at this point and asked
Tor an adjournment until to-day. which the Court
Crau
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-15
COLONEL CAMP TO RETIRE.
TIE VETERAN OFFICER WILL WITHDRAW FROM
THE 22D REGIMENT

THE VETERAN OFFICER WILL. WITHDRAW fRoM
TIE 22D REGIMENT
Colonel John T. Camp. OF the cd Regiment. has
announced his intention 20 leave tho command and
ask 10 be placed on the retired list This action on
the par, OF Colonel Camp a surprise neither 10
the officers OF the regiment TO many OF hts
fellow officers In the First brigade. The Tribune
mentioned the fact that Colonel Camp coniein-
plated leaving the regiment early last season. In
speaking OK his forthcoming retirement. to.orcl
Camp said yesterday: Il have been In command
since January. 1856. and am entitled 10 retirement
| would not ask IT, however. II could devote the
proper amount OF time 70 the duties 81 the Office.
Ny business engagements and duties arc suca that
| cannot give the rcglmcnial matters all the time
they should have. and simply doing what |
have always asked OF my officers, 70 whom have
said repeatedly II you can't give the duties Of your
office all tho attention that they require. step aside
and make room for man who can
Colonel Camp Joined the 22d Regiment as q private
I'm Company Il. In November. ls6l and became First
Lieutenant June a. 20 He had TO walt until
March q 1851 for fae second bar. and became
major February II. 1852 and lieutenant colonel be-
fore the year was ont. He WIZ hpnorrbiy DIS
charged February q. 1871. and was ie-.lecied !lei
tenant colonel December o. 1879 and when Colonel
Josiah Porter resigned tho cOlonelcy 10 tai" the
place OF adjutant-gen raj on III" stan OF tiov"rno
HI Lieutenant Colonel Camp was elected colonel
His resignation VIII probably go forward In n Tow
weeks. There several as2iranis ior the z-i
Eagle. Among the mos. promlpent are Lleui' nant-
Colonel William V. King and Major Franklin Bart
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Announcements.
No mother should overlook COX. 20 o. sS0Ilt
a. Grevss Hnr naisam aids the hair growth
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POLTCE OBJECT TO "ORANGE BLOSSOMS."
THAT IS TO SAY. THEY OBJECT TO WOMAN
UNDRESSING ON THE STAGE.

John II. DORIS. proprietor and manager OF the
Gaety Theatre. was arrested yesterday afternoon by
Captain Pickett. OF the West Thrticth-st police
station. on the complaint OF Acting Inspector Har-
ley. for allowing Mile. Pilar-Morin to undress IN
public In the pantomIme "Orange Blossoms" which
IL now at that house A. H. Hummel appeared for
the defendant when Mr. Doris arra,gned In the
Jefferson Market Court. and asked Magistrate
wentworth to postpone the examination until Sat
urday afternoon AZ | o'clock. Magistrate Wentworth
granted the request Mile. Par-Morin was not
arrested. and while Mr. Doris was I'm court she
was going through the performance at the theatre
Permission was given to Mr.. Doris. pending the
further hearing OF fhe case. to continue n part OF
the performance. About half OF II was accordingly
given last night. IL feared that the audience
would object to the shortening OF the play and Cap
tain Pickett was In the theatre with some OF his
men. on the chance OF their being needed but the
crowd was thoroughly good naturel and simpIy
laughed and went home when 1t announced that
the show was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-15
VOMEN'S FOREIGN MISSIONS.
TWENTY-FIVE ANNIVERSARY or THE BAPTIST
SOCIETY OF TIL NEw-ENGr.AND AND
MIDDLE


SOCIETY OF TIL NEw-ENGI.AND AND
MIDDLE STATES.
The celebration Of the twenty-hfth anniversary
NJ the Baptist Womens Foreign Mission Society
Of the New-England and Middle States will begin
this morning at $3.50 o'clock in Newark. when Mrs.
r " Luther will deliver an address of welcome on
behalf of the Newark societies and Mrs H. c. Fish
on behalf of the Pedde Memorial Church A de-
yot!on meeting will be held, following which there
will be addresses, the report OF the Committee o.!
ARRANGEMENTS, reports Of the home secretary, for
elgn secretary and treasurer and addresses by Miss
Putnam. Of Burmah. and Mrs. Partridge. of China.
At 23O o'clock there will he missionary addresses
by Mrs Stevens of Bnrmah: Miss Bessie Gardner.
of Africa and Miss Kirkpatrick of Shan Land: a
memorial service, and address by Mrs. johnson.
a missionary.
In the evening at the young ladies' meeting ad-
dresses will be made by Mrs. w. ~ Jones. Of Phla-
delphia: Mrs +. \. Montgomery, of Rochester, y.
Y. and Miss Irvine. of China. Yesterday afternoon
n preliminary meeting of the secretaries was held
in the church. and these questions were discussed
How can the circulation Of our periodicals be In
creased?" "By what method shall support for the
Hasseltine House Newton Centre) be sccured?'
''Is il possible TO secure missionary committee OF
men and women In every church, Shall omit
tho ouestion concerning contribution from the an
nuai banks?'
These questions were submitted by secretaries
DO not our womens circles need n systematic
course of s&pdy?" What some of the best meth
DDS for coccting money! How shall we sam
union OF bands under a general name and with a
specific work add TO their eiiiciencyy Shall We
adopt the plan Of organizing baby bands so widely
advocated by the home mission societies?' What
is the work and what is the position Of an assoca
ton secretary"
Last evening a reception to the Board and mis-
sionaries given In the lecture-room Of the
church under the auspices OF the local Baptist
churches. Tomorrow there will be reading OF State
reports discussion Of practical questions In senior
and Junior work, reports of Home for Children OF
Missionaries and Hassetine House. report OF Nom
mating Committee. missionary address by Miss
Miss Mary Green; election Of Officers and farewell
70 outgoing missionaries, and IN the evening ad'
and Nouray Willlams Of Nsw-york CITY