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New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
BOYS nom Up 4 CANDY STORE.
THEY ATTACK THE PROPRIETOR WHO Is RES.
CUED BY POLICEMEN

THEY ATTACK THE PROPRIETOR. WHO Is RES
CUED BY POLICEMEN
Special Detectives Lang. Armstrong and Aiken,
of the West SiXty-eighth-st station brought five
young lads to Yorkvllle Court yesterday morning
charge Of larceny The youngsters made life
a burden for the police In the patrol wagon the
way 10 court Great vigilance only prevented their
escape. The boys were arrested complaint Of
Harry i. Spencer confectoner. of No 304 Coum-
bus-ave. While he and his clerks were busy in the
of the store the front door suddenly few open
about o'clock Thursday night, ana a gang Of
fully dozen lads rushed in.
They az proceeded to loot the place. Spencer.
a young ana athletic fellow. jumped into the crowd
and seized one of the intruders He was immedi-
ately pouncod upon by the whole gang He was In
danger of being badly used up when the police
to his Five OF the lads were caught.
The others got away. The prisoners gave their
names Charles Muthwold. fourteen years old. OF
Fifteenth-st. Jersey City; George Eisenhauer, six
teen years old. OF No 432 West Forty -first-st.
Theodore SchwtZer, sixteen years Old OF No. blo
West Thirty-sixth-st.: James Fallon thirteen years
old. of No $50 West Forty y-first-st.. and Michael
Eagan. thirteen years old, Of No $50 West Forty
fourth-st.
Their case was heard in court. and Magistrate
Smms instructed She Gerry agents 10 investigate
the Younger lads antecedents The others Will be
disposed of when the agents report.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25

Democrats on its Bridge Committee. and as both
have to cooperate in the management OF tire bridge
Newtown Crcoi 1t is just that there should he
equal number Of Republicans and Democrats
The committees are follows:
Law -Oliroege. Singleton, Williams Leaycran'
Wassmuth. Doyle
son. Nieyers Iauberi. llennessy. Guilfoylc.
Electricity and Gas-Lcich. Thompson. Taylor,
Water and Drainage "Leich Francsco. Messenger,
Oltrosge, Myers. Comfy. Gulfoyle ,..
Police Singleton. stewart. Rngglcs' Francisco
Fire"Franc!sco. singleton. Taylor. Iiaubert'
public Hralih~ i.eaycraft. schlusscr. Singleton.
oiTosge. Stewart. Maurer ..,,,, nonlon ,,yors VIII.
Assessments- Schlusscr, Messenger ohross''
Lcaycraft Ruggles. Dunn. kccgan. ....,.
Public Lands and Parks Nlessngor. I"aYcr@'''
Williams. Singleton, Stewart. Welion Dunn .,o,,
Myers. Thompson. Taylor. DOYLE. llcnn' ~
books Markets and Water Rights THOMPSON
Lcaycraft Iiaubert. schlusser Francisco ia'hei'
Trdrcs- Williams Wassmuth. Taubcri. Lelch'
opening Streets -AIessnrcr. Ieaycran. Thomp-
son Williams. RuFrlcs. Keogan McGirry. ,..A
c;ra,ling ana Paving -Ol'rogre. stewart Lcich.
Francisco sinsleion. Dunn. IS san tt,,,,,.r,
HaIi Of K'c,ris Singleton Myers. o.'rosse. stew
art Messenger Dunne McG1rD. go
Military Affalrs Hauberi, saric'on. Taylor "''s-
muth Myers Guilfoyl~. Wcion 49,
Jail-Nyers Si~Nar'. Leaycraft olirosg"' HAi-
bert. Doyle Guifoylc ,...... w..
Ponitcntiary AM M"rgn' x ,tfi'S' p.,' .-''' "
muth. Schlusser. NJ singer. lhNil' 'i'ii'- --r-
County Records Thompson. Williams Taylor.
Ieich Hdubcri. Comfy. kergAn.
Taxation~ Schiusser stewart. Meseingcr Myers
Wassmuth Maurer i'achcr =, ,
Equalization 90 Assessment Polls l.'iNcinN. o.
trogge singleton. Meyer-. Si'vhFi. H'n"'s'F'
Bacher ".
Jurors Ruceies. stewart Schus-er. Taylor Was'-
Uonse Of GOOD sn.phsrl ami Homes and prrh!n
Asvlums- Myers Rugscs. Williams. Iea}cfaN
Singleton Comfy. Donon. .,
Election Roturns-Leich Wassmnth. Leaycrh'
Mes
Sailors and Commissioner ~ Del. nilsS'f
Icoycraft Kurglcs Stewart. Tayinr. Wclfon. dunno
Accounts ~ County Treasurer Nnssmnin single
ton Schlussor Taylor Stewart. Doyl" Notary.
Contracts Williams. lIauberi, Thompson Taylor.
Wassmuth Guilfoylr. Dunno.
Buildings- Stewar'. Ruggl'-. S'hlusser O.ir Sgr
Messenger. Maurcr. McGarrJ.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.

William Caulnell. sxty-four years Old or NO
ose St Mark's-ave. who is well known In the
Twenty-fourth Ward. about o'clock yesterday
morning was found dead In the cellar of his house
The cause OF his death Is said to have been opo-
plexv but Coroner Mason will hold an inquest. Mr.
C,auneld was a member OF the Volunteer Firemen's
Association and was the father-n-law Of Daniel J.
Madden. ex-court clerk.
The new trolley parlor-car Montauk was recently
used by a number of members Of the Lincoln club
in Putnam-ave. In going to the Wildwood Club at
Flatbush where the Lincoln men defeated their
opponents in TWO games in the lnterclub League
tournament.
The funeral OF Abraham b. Raylis. OF No. s.
Remsen-st. took place yesterday afternoon at
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church. the Heights
whose rector the Rev. Chauncey H. Brewster as
sisted by the Rev Arthur b. Kinsolvng. ofiiciated
Rurial was at Greenwood Cemetery. There were no
Dalbedrers.
The members OF Trinity Presbyterian Church, at
Marcy and jefferson aves., have called to the
vacan, pasorate the Rev. DR.. Walter Laidlaw, OF
New-York CITY, who was formerly associate pastor
Of the Collegiate Church there. DR. Laidaw is wel-
known for learning and eloquence, and has trav-
eled extensively on two continents. The church
tas been without a regular pastor for months.
and 1t is hoped that DR.. Laidlaw's work viii. do much
toward building up the church.
James Hervey Dobbs, the old who tried to
Hills Cemetery Thursday morning. was
raigned IN the Gates Avenue Police Court yesterday
He had tried to kill himself by drinking poison but
had taken an overdose He was held to await the
action OF the Grand Jury While he in the
prisoners pen the he called several pris-
oners hateful Irish Catholics. He insists that he
10 being pursued by Catholic priests and sisters.
who have conspired to take his life
Oscar O:to Schegimunig applied TO County Judge
Hurd yesterday for permission to change his name
to Oscar o. Sohlege. In his application the man
saws he has been much inconvenenced on account
o. the many syllabes his name contains He fur-
ther says that on account OF 1t he has often been
subjected to ridicule.
Al an executive session OF the Grand Street Board
of Trade on Thursday night the extension OF the
Nassau Electric Railroad into Grand-st. or South
Flrst-st was unanimously favored.
A social organization. to be known as the Tri-
angle Club, has been formed In the Eastern Dis
trct with a clubhouse at Bedford-ave. and South
Eighth-st. All members must belong to the Ma
sonc fraternity.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
HIS LICENSE NOT DISTURBED.

The Excise Board yesterday dismissed conn
paint against A. Brommer, who has a saloon on
the Southern Boulevard. east OF Wills-ave me
complaint was based the ground OF two conwc-
tIons In the Court OF Special Sessions for violating
the excise law The record OF the convictions was
the only evidence put in by Julius NJ Mayer counses
for the Board.
pron,uer s,il that the convictions were for viola'
t,ons nv selling on Sunday. He said that Policeman
schirmer of Thirty-hird Precinct, 5,o'vn %hom ne
saio"n and complained that he vas very tired ana
would be obliged II Brcmmer would give MN MN soms onw
,rn.n Schirmer placed him under arrest .
After he had gone to court and gwen pa pau 70 ap-
bis home ard obtained some ginger a.e making my
same plea as did Schirmer. ONell also arrested
him. :, - so,so - Gaia prorvcar
~ took some beer at the time ONel took tns
Ginger ale / don't know what was arrested for
,niess II was for drinking the beer myself
The Board at once decided In Brommers favor.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
A PANIC AMONG TENANTS
MARROW ESCAPE IN A NEw-YORK TENH-
MENT-HOUsE
ONE COoL-HEADED MAN GOT THE FRIGHTENED
PEOPLE ouT ON THE ESCAPES WHERE
THEY WE'RE RESCUED BY FIREMEN.

THEY WE'RE RESCUED BY FIREMEN.
There were some narrow escapes from death by
fire at blaze in the foug-story brick tenement-
house Nos 202O and 2022 Amsterdam-ave early
yesterday moraing. The gripman OF a sou.hbound
cable-car, who the smoke pouring out OF the
windows and heard the screams Of the imprisoned
tenants carried word OF the fire to the engine
touse. a few blocks away. and was the indirect
means of saving several lives
Edward Helnccke occupies the ground floor Of
2O22 as grocery store. and it was in his basement
tina. the FIRE started. but one knows how.
Heinecke lives the fourth floor Of the house.
and on the floor bereath him live julius Weibel.
his wife, three daughters and son. Henry.
Weibel was awakened at O'Clock yesterday morn
ing by the smell OF smoke ard sprlnging out Of
bed. opeEed the door leading the hall. He
met by a puff Of black smoke which nearly blinded
him. He at once awakened his family The women
became frantic and wanted jump out Of the
windows, but Wei5el made them 10 out 10 the
fire escapes with what clothing they could
pick up. Charles. the son, who cool his
father to the front wlniow and shouted fire at
the top Of his lungs.
The gripman, who passing heard young
Welbel's cries, and waving his hand. put the grip
hard on and his car as swiftly the cable
would allow 1t to the engine touse in One-hundred-
and-hfty- -secoal-st. and gave the alarm. In less
than two minutes a general alarm had been sent
out and one engine the scere Ii soon
followed by others.
In tie mean time the elder Webe had gone into
the halls. and making his way through binding
smoke aroused the Heinecke and Small families
on the floors All I'VE, and those of John O. Mara and
Thomas Kenyon or the second. Get out the
fire escapes, he cried. for the stairs fire!'
His order obeyed. and when the fremen got
inside the building every OF the tenants was
huddled the fire escapes.
The fremen were only a moment in breaking
Into the store and basement. and four streams OF
water playing the flames. watch had
eaten their way through the floor into tie store.
Three fremen groped up the stairways, which
were already abaze. and finding the house empty,
went 10 the roof. The breaking of the skylight
cleared the halls of smoke, and the fremen were
enabled TO deluge tae burning staIrways with
water and prevent the destruction of the house.
In spite OF all they could do O'Maras apartments.
on the second floor were gutted. Firemen IN the
time discovered the the fire escapes
and by means OF LADDERS rescued Weoel his wife.
son and three daughters: O'Nlara his wife and one
Of which infant In arms; the He.neckes
and Smalls
The tctal damage Will reach $500
coniiagration BY eating matches accidentally
dropped In the basement during the day.
There were no ladders TO the fire escapes.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
2}D REGIMENT VETERANS ELECIION.

The 23d Regiment Veterans Association held Its
n,,aI meeting for the election OF officers In the
,,orv in Eedford-avc.. on Thursday evening
The following were chosen: President a. e.
par,cs. first vice-presdent, John H. rockingham:
I'D ,.ice-presdent. Charles +. Satterlce; secre-
.ar,. Edward g. Benedict; treasurer, Frederick a.
pand Trustees-Field, Alfred c. Barnes j. B.
Frothingham staff j. r. Bsnnett J., WheaSn a ,1n r6 r.
DcsPuiH1 - Wood Frederick NJ. Smith: c. T. Jeffer-
Son s stevens. John j. Norris d. Charles p satteT
lee - a. pand. r. Robert r.. Perkins George {.
adams frSH g. relhsm scosd chaTes E ~ palmer H. s
CoopHvII W A Hockemcyer: X. Edmund A. Vaughn.
William NJ Moore ,oa ,rdors,ns tho hill offered
S.,n Senate by Peter ii. McNulty calling Tor
IN IN the hneo,nnIe,ion OF the 23ds Armory.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT
a HUSBAND HELD ON HIS BLIND WIFES
CHARGE.
At FIRST he WAS RELEASED BECAUSE THERE

AT FIRST He WAS RELEASED BECAUSE THERE
WAS no ONE TO LEAD HER TO THE COURT
James Fisher. sawmaker. living at NO. ll6 Wai-
ton-st. charged by his blind wife Octav'a with
assault, in the Lee Avenue Police Court yesterday.
Mrs Fisher is thirty-fve years od. They were
married four years ago. Fisher was widower with
one child a girl OF fifteen years Old Al the
time OF their marriage the womin was almost
blind.
F-r months Fisher had an idea that MS wile was
entertaining visitors during his absence and last
fall he beat her into inseraibi.lty He then went
West and nothing heard from him again until
the holidays Fisher then returned ana was ar
rested
When arraignel In court Mrs. Fisher was unaDe
to find any one TO lead her to court, and IN con-
sequence the Magistrate discharged Fisher on re-,
turning home Fisher became more abusive, ana
"Wednesday again assaulted his wife. on Thursday
Mrs Fishers stepdaughter led her TO court ana
OBJ aimed "A warrant
When Fisher arraigred yesterday the woman
was in court having been led there again ny her
stepdaughter. Fisher told justice Goetting that ne
had no recollection Of the assault lie was held Tor
trial In 500 bail.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
4 HEBREW SOCIETY TO CELEBRATE.

MEMBERS OF THE IMPROVED ORDER BNA
BIRTH ASSEMBLING HERE FOR THEIR
CONVENTION
The tenth annual convention of the Improved
order Bnai Birth will be held tomorrow and
Monday at Webster Hall in this city. An advance
delegation composed OF the supreme officers OF the
order arrived yesterday afternoon on the Congress
sional Limited. They me; at Trenton by an
escort OF the New-York delegation, headed by Joel
NJ Marx. OF the Supreme Lodge Executive Com
mittee.
Upon their arrival at New-York the advance dele
CATION rendered an impromptu reception at
the Hotel Albert. Delegations from Philadelphia,
Washington. Baltimore Pittsburg Chicago ane
Boston will arrive to-day. and will be rendered an
Informal reception At Webster Hall tonight
The convention will be called TO order tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. and banquet and ball Ia
honor OF the Supreme Lodge will be given In the
evening
The Improved Order B'na Birth was founded In
Baltimore about ten years ago. and Is composed OF
about twenty-five hundred young men OF the best
Hebrew society. II is a benevolent and encow-
mcnt order and has lodges In every important city
east Of the Mississippi.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
TREES KILLED BY ELECTRICITY
\ POORLY INSULATED WIRE CAUSES A
GRAND DISPLAY AND CREATES MUCH
EXCITEMENT

\ live wire Of the Municipal Electric Light Com
pany last night charged several in the neigh
borhood Of Bushvick and Greene ayes, and In IA
few minutes flashes of fire were shooting out from
almost every branch.
one tree 10 feet high. which stood In front OF
the home of Thomas Goodman. at Bushwlck and
Greene avcs was entirely destroyed. nothing but
the trunk being left standing. The tongues of fire
shot ont toward the dwelling. which Is frame
structure and several times threatened TO set IL on
The excitement In the n".ghborhOod was In
tense and fully five thousand people neJ the
and looked So threatening was the blaze
that the Fire Department had to be called out TO
protect the dwelling.
The trees were charged by the incomplete insula-
ton of the wire which runs through the trees Word
of the plants and the current was
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
4 NlCHINE-SHOP WRECKED.

FLAMES IN \ LAIGHT ST. BUILDING CAUSE ABOUT
$4,000 DAMAGE.
Flames were discovered at mldngh; last night on
the fifth floor of the sx-story buildings at Nos. .
and II Laight-st. They had evidently been burn
ing for some time. and when engines Nos 80. ~
and l3 got TO the scene the flames were bursting
from the windows the top floors OF the buldings
and eating through the roofs. Both buildings are
occupied by the Garvn Manufacturing Company.
manufacturers of and dealers in metal-worklng ma
chinery of all kinds. The company makes a spe-
ciaiV of bicycle machinery. OF which they have
valuable stock on hand
The damage to the buildings and their contents 10
estimated at $25 600 All the betting on the work.
ing machinery destroyed
Mr. Garvin said yesterday that the firm would not
be Handicapped by the fire. He said arrangements
had already been made with two large betting
houses to furnish new betting How the nre
started is not known.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
.yyRTJEE OF THE CATHOLIC CLUB.

TIE Catholic Club will celebrate its silver annts
yersary on February H. II was started In 1871 with
sixty members who gave SO each to furnish apart.
ments In West Fifteenth-st. where It had Its orgi.
nal home II is now one OF the largest and most
popular social associations In the city, has club
house of It's own fronting Central Park, In West
Fifty-ninth-st.. with library. ballroom, parlor0
and recepton-rooms, luxuriously furnished. and
possesses a cuisine which is the envy OF many other
clubs The membership exceeds one thousand, sixty
or seventy OF whom live In the clubhouse.
Speeches at the jubilee win be made by Arch
bishop Corrigan Frederic r. Coudert, Judge ]. r,
Daily. president OF the club Charles v. Fornes and
others President Cleyeland, Governor Morton,
Mayor Strong. the presidents Of all the colleges and
leading clubs OF the city the heads OF all the re-
ligious orders and many welknown citizens are q
be invited
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
STANDING COMUITTEES NAMED.
CHAIRMAN FRANCISCO, OF RAILROADS.
AND THE MEMBERS OF TIE OTHER
EODIES

Among the standing committees selected y's'e'-
day by President Clark. OF the Board OF Aldermen,
none will probably have more work to dispose vi
than the Railroads. which VIII nave charbc
Of the oDDljcations for franchises Charles ii.
Francisco Is chairman. He is th'rty-scven years
Old and was born in the Twenty-elghth Nard. ne
became carpenter, and aftcrward started IN p"Si-
ness on his own account Mr.. Francisco Is s''Au-
ard-hcarer of the Francisco Battery, of the twenty
eighth Ward. He lives IT No. 1.1?2 Halsey-st.
The Committee on Bridges il the only one wilch
contains no Democrats. as, the President says the
Queens County Board Of Supervisors appointed all
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
THEY SAY THEIR TiAES ARE roo HIGH.

A delegation from the Gravesenl Taxpayers AS
sociation called upon Mayor Wurster yesterday
morning to ask for his advice as to what can be
done to reduce the taxes they have 10 pay. The
property In Gravesend have to pay taxes or
about s0l the thousand. while the rate in other
parts OF the city does not exceed $50 thousand The
members OF the association told the Mayor that the
excess I'm their tax rate was caused by the sewer
bond. and the result was that Gravesend property
isargcy liable and cannot be rented for the taxes
The Ciravescnd citizens think that the sewers might
be paid for In part out of a fund OF $3D,1D ana
that the city should assume the rest OF the debt.
The Mayor asked his callers to put their proposition
IN writing saying that he would give 1t consdera-
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25

old
He enlisted on September So 1863. On February
% 1863 he was made corporal; on May IL lo'o
sergeant: on June ~, 1877. first sergeant on NO
.ornh.r a 1877 a lieutenant: on October Il. 1873.
first lieutenant and on August y. 1881. captain or
company a. on August 81 1891 ne went on the re-
tired list. , - . ,a,,,oo s.r H.,
At the time of his death he was n bookkcepcr IN
the office of the Consolidated Gas company at
Tourth-aye and Twenty y-sixth-st., New YORK Az
53O o'clock on Thursday afternoon he Ieft ms once
and suddenly became i'll while on his way TO the
EAST Twenty third ST. ferry. with Edwin n Ihipps
Mr. Phipps called a cab and took Captain Collins to
the Consolidated Gas Companys Once Or war.
rem of No 10 East Twenty-sixth- found ttat
Captain Collins had died while being removed TO the
Office and said that death resulted from heart d's-
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25
.,c poDy TO BE BROUGHT HONE.

,ody If George II. Sillcck. who for many years
Inc l'a Do onnosite the Greene Avenue Baptist
nau at No. s2s Grecneave. was found beside the
racks of the Florida East Coast Railroad %. near near
traoN' csaot rrostle. Thursday morning The man
Deep .ors old and was the representative or
was s,St So,,se at No. lls Frankfort-st. New-fork'
linen nth "n,bs ago he induced his Wife who Is an
nys the hSpe he ea reeeG
gain lost h;nr heai;m him to Jacksonville. Before start
%s Of ns @
bis wife back night. and George sieck the only
on ne dead man. started Immediately 'o' 'A'
New-York tribune., 1896-01-25

LOoNS-A BELIEF THAT MAYOR wURs-
TER's POLICY WILL. BE FAVOR
ABLE TO BOTH SIDES.
The appointment Of James Gascoine as one OF
the three Excise Commissioners is regarded as
a concession to the church and temperance peo-
Die but the real excise policy TO be pursued DUR
ing Mayor Wurster's administration is still
largely a problem.
William l.. Eagney, whose saloon is at Fleet-st.
and DeKalb-ave., was formerly president Of the
Central Liquor Dealers Association. He said
Yesterday: Il think that the Mayor Is COM
nonsense gentleman and will act with justice to
the saloonkeepers. About the Court of Appeals
decision? Well, we want the law repealed. It's
unjust as 1t stands. For instance, property
owner can't get rent from other people equal to
that paid by the saloonkeeper. and the recent
decision naturally tends to depreciate the value
OF certain property. Leases and transfers have
been made In good faith, and 1t would be black
injustice to take rights away now.
DUPLICATING DRUGSTORES
III the Church people would get after the
druggists--and some Of them do digger pusi-
ness on Sunday than the saloonkeepers-why'
that would be more sensible and to the point
We have to pay taxes on our property and for
from taxation, and 1t seems to me that we are
entitled as taxpayers, to at least as much con-
sderation as the church people are suppose d
widow owns property which has been transferred
as saloon property since 1892; 1t seems to me
that IT isn't right to deprive her Of the money
she might get as rent from a saloonkeeper VINO
keeps a respectable place
LIQUID CONFECTIONERY.
said a man who stood near by they should 40
something about the candy people VINO put
liquor In their confectionery, and the druggists
and so forth. I believe that Mayor Wurster IS
going to do what's right by the liquor dealers
OF course he had to give the church people d
song and dance when they saw him. bu'
believe Mr. Wurster H. sensible man. ike MI
Sch!eren. and he was all right -,
Yes" said Mr.. Eagney. because these cnu'Cn "
people see men on Sunday going In at saioV''
door, that isn't ground for taking a mans IT. ~
eense away from him. man has rlght 10 ~
into his place Of business on sunday, JUS, ar & a
grocer has. They should be compelled TO pro
duce positive evidence that men nave oee"
Drinking In the place
ASSOCIATIONS STRICT PRINCIPLES
Alexander d. Newman, whose place Is at NO
Ss5 Atlantic-ave is president OF the Centrai
Liquor Dealers Association and also OF the Cen
tral Committee OF the United Liquor Dealers
association Of Kings County. He said the as-
socation In Brooklyn. contains about 45oo OF
the 5000 liquor dealers In the city. He also saio
mat he had been trying to ascertain the num-
ger OF saloonkeepers who would be- affected by
me new decision as TO saloons within 200 fee'
Vi churches and schools. and inquiry had been
m'aoe OF the ward organizations. which propaply
VIII result In reports on Tuesday as 10 the exact
humber affected. The association. Of which ne
president. believes in standing by the law
sna recently dropped 400 of It's members because.
eeneral principles they were considered 10
undesirable. I'VE believe" said Mr.. New