New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-26
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The preliminary examination of General Carlos
RolofY who is accused Of aiding and abetting an
alleged hlibusterinE expedition to cuba on the
steamship Laurada. ended yesterday ana ne
was held by United States Commissioner AleXan-
der under $3.50 bail for the action Of the Grand
Jury
John Gilmore Boyd. lawyer. OF NO q Park Row
Yesterday wrote to Attorney General Hancock AT
Albany stating that he has information that the
Cataract General Electric Power and Conduit Com
panv a State corporation. Is now at work tearing
IN the towpath Of the Erie Canal in the city Of
buffalo and setting electric poles the bank be-
tween Buffalo and Tonawanda. thus seriously IN
terfering with naviga'ors I'm the use Of the canal
All persons who enter Bellevue Hospital as pa
tlents will hereafter he searched and their prop
erty and papers will be taken care Of until they
leave the hospital at least are fully able TO
take care of their belongings themselves. The
Commissioners OF Charities yesterday appointed
three male and three female searchers each. to
work for eight hours at time. for this duty
The first armory review Of the season will take
place on the evening Of October . when Brigadier-
General Frederick g. McI.ewee will review the sth
Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Chauncey.
ir in the armory at Ninety fourth-st. and Park
ave General McIewec's staff for the occasion VIII
he made up OF officers rel rescntng the four arms
OF the service.
The Metropolitan Traction Company has ordered
eight compressed mOtor-cars. 10 b" run on the
Lenox-ave line from the American Wheelock En-
CINE Company Of Worcester. Mass. one OF tho
cars was received on Thursday. and two more are
expected daily
The Society OF New England Womec held a meet
ing Yesterday afternoon at the home OF Mrs Gerry
Slade 40 2}2 West Eighty-seventh-st. for the
purpose ~ transferring certain business in advance
Of the annual meeting Of the society, when VIII
take place at the Waldorf i'm TN" latter part OF
next month Mrs Louis D. Galison occupied tho
chair and Miss II. A. Slade acted as secretary OF
the meeting REPORTS Of committees were read and
approved An increase in the number Of members
was shown
Joseph y Rahcneck the son OF Baron Won
Rabeneck Of Cohlenz Germany. who was indicted
by the Grand Jury for snatchng pocketbook
from a woman i'm West-s'. and for whom mercy
was asked Oh the ground that starvation forced
him to the crime. was rearraiened before Judge
Fiizgcrad in General Sessions yesterday. The
Judge suspended sentence on the young man. and
dismissed him with some fatnerly advice. People
interested in his case will send him back to Ger
many.
Acting Inspector O'Keefe held an investigation
Yesterday in tho case Of Andrew CAVITY truck
driver Of 40 - Pike-st.. who died I'm Bellevue
Uosptal on Wednesday. and whose friends say he
was assaulted 10y Policeman Hayes Of the Madi
son-st station The Inspector examined several
Witnesses but could get no evidence that Police
man Hayes assaulted Canty or had anything to
do with his death. Canty died from blood poison
ing.
The steamship Mariposa has arrived at San
Francisco with mails from Australia. New Zealand
and Hawaii due to arrive in New York on Tues
day morning Mails from China and Japan have
arrived at Vancouver and have been dispatched
East due to arrive i'm NewYork on Monday morn
ing The next mail for { hina. Japan. Australia.
ETC. will close at the General Postofiice this city.
AZ 6:}0 o. m. on Thursday.
The question Of grading Elm-st. from Wor,h-st.
TO Duane St. was before the Board OF Street open
ing Yesterday. X. X. I}owker vice-presidcnt OF
the Edison Electric Light Company, asserted that
the proposed grade. which would raise the street
feet above the present level, would injure
the companys property. ~ its power station was
between Pearl and Duane SITS. II valuable
property and ought To Ice looked upon pub
lie benefit. because IT supplied light To almost every
place from the Battery to Fourteenth-st. on mo-
ton Of the Controller the question referred
to the special commission appointed 10y the courts
for the widening and improving of Em-st.