New-York tribune., 1896-12-02
NETWORK CITY.

The Chamber of Commerce will meet tomorrow
at 1870 o'clock.
Thomas Davidson will give two courses OF lect-
ures in the chantry Of All Souls Church. Madison
ave and Sixty-sixth-st on successive Thursday
evenings beginning December 10. at o'clock. The
first will consist Of six lectures on 1.-THE Prone
theus OF Eschyus-an Historical and Philosophi-
cal Study OF Greek Religion and Drama. The
second will consist Of ten lectures on The Phoso-
ply and History Of Mysticism
Henry Hassinger ffty-four years old. who lived
with his family. wife and four sons, In apart
roents at No n9 West One nehundred-and-thirty-
fourth-st committed suicide early yesterday morn
ing bv hanging himself to the door OF a bathroom
In the rear of his butcher shop No. loi West one
hundred and -thiry-fourth-st. Hassinger had been
III for several weeks and had become despondent
on account of poor business
Miss Helen Kellsher of San Francisco. will give
a reading for newsboys. at NO Duahe-st.' TO-
morrow evening at o'clock
A report was received by the Board OF Estimate
Yesterday from the Commissioner OF Public Works
on the laying o the water mains in Fifth
ave from Eighty -first-st. TO Forty-thrd-st. say
ing that the work was making good progress
New mains were also laid in West Ninety-sixth-
ST and Eeventh-ave, from Washington Bridge
through One -hundred-and seventy -nnth-st. and
from Eleventh-ave through Fifty-ninth-st. TO the
Western Boulevard. The cost of these new mains
was $4,000 in payment for which an issue OF
bonds asked
The North German Lloyd steamship Havel In
order TO accommodate Christmas travellers, will
be dispatched from Bremen for New-iork on De-
cember lS. and will call on Monday December a.
at Southampton TO take passengers from London
and at Cherbourg TO take passengers from Paris
who wish TO be in New-York for Christmas.
A fury In General Sessions yesterday found Pr-
yate William O'Keefe. OF the 9Th Regiment guilty
of assault In the second degree in attacking Cap
tain Morris his company commander. at the ar
mory on October IL.
Solomon Kaye the new president OF the Deborah
Nursery called President Wilson of the Health
Board Yesterday afternoon and told him that he
was trying to keep the Deborah Nursery going at
his own personal expense and on his own re-
sponsibity He said that he was complying with
| the requirements Of the Board. and that several
prominent Hebrew philanthropsts would soon join
In to assist him There now 165 children In the
institution. President Wilson said that he had tho
| Boards permission to 60 ahead
The resignation Of Second Lieutenant Charles F.
Bement. OF the First Company. 7th Regiment. has
| gone to headquarters at Albany. The place OF
bandmaster, made vacant by tho resignation OF
| Sergeant Rogers. has not yet been filed A COM
mittee consisting Of Captain Landon. Captain jan
sen and Adjutant Weaver. is considering the APP
| plications of number of asprans for the place.
The annual meeting of the State Charities Aid
Association will be held In the assembly OF
the United Charities Building. No. lo5 East Twen-
ty-second-st on Thursday December 3. at
o'clock Interesting reports Of the work OF the
wear will be presented. and stcreopticon views OF
some Of the buildings in the Department OF Public
! Charities Of the city will be shown. illustrating
recent improvements in the institutions Of the De-
partment. Those interested In the work OF the as
| ,ocistion are invited to attend the meeting
Alderman jeremiah Kenehck. at the meeting OF
the Board yesterday. presented II petition. signed
! nv about one hundred schoolboys Of the downtown
| districts asking that they be permitted TO play
| football on Saturday afternoons on the turf In
| Rattery Park The Board passed unanimously a
resohition permitting the boys to use the park In
the evenings after o'clock and on Saturday after.
/ Moons.
Members Of the Metal Exchange held a meeting
/ Yesterday I'm the office Of II. A. Kent. at No.
| ClIfr-st and discussed the condition Of the iron
steel tin and zinc trades which have been affected
unfavorabIy by the Wilson-Gorman tariff They
| apponted a committee. consisting OF Mr.. Kent. q
| y MAYER H. c. Clements Henry +. Dodge and
| William A. jackson. TO prepare a schedule for sub
mission 20 Congress. In the hope that better pro-
tectiye measure may be passed.
| A reception was given for John f. Redmond the
| vveI,.known Irish leader by the New-York Press
| Club. a, No. "a West Twenty-sixth-st. yesterday
| afternoon. A dinner was given in the evening.