New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-30
NETWORK CITY.

Nh. Tribune has received for Mrs. Ada Pulver
man OF No ia Chrystie-st.. so from Mrs. !" Il b.
OF Matttuck. Long Island. and from y A r.
Of Easthampton. Long Island.
There will be a benefit performance in the l~nox
f.vcen Madison-ave and Fffty-ninth-st. TINS
evening I'm all Of the sufferers by the tornado IN
St Louis The benefit Is under the auspices OF the
St Louis AID Society.
The funeral OF Ellis H. Masters. who died on tho
steamship city OF Rome June r. Will b held
at llI5 a. m tomorrow at the home OF his family,
No 70 Walnut-st, East Orange. " J.. and the
burial Is TO be private. A number OF advertising
men OF this city will 20 the funeral by the 1910
train by way OF the Barclay-st ferry.
The steamship Gaelic has arrived at San Fran
cisco with mails from china, Japan and Hawaii
due to arrive In Ne~-York Friday morning.
Mails for China and Japan Will close 1T the Cen
eral Postoffice this city. al $40 IN. on Saturday
and SUNDAY next. Mails for Hawaii Will close on
Sunday.
Judge Newburger in Part ", General Sessions,
Yesterday sentenced Merwyn y Madison, an cleo
trcal engineer OF No. 2oG West Thrteenth-st. 10
nine years and eight months in State Prison Nal
lison was convicted OF criminal saut on fourteen
year-old Daisy Blackburn. whom he had taken
from Ellis Island.
The members OF the Produce Exchange Yesterday
voted to close on Friday. July g. we'll on July
4 The Cotton Exchange will also close on that
day.
Robert Moore Nugent. who has been connected
with the Lawyers Surety Company for the last
five years at the County Courthouse. has been APP
pointed Brooklyn agent for the Fidelity and De-
post Company Of Maryland and will take charge
o, the office OH July |.
Judge Fitzgerald. IN Part H. General Sessions
Yesterday handed down d decision on the argu-
ments in demurrer made by the counsel for the
large department stores. dsmssng ten Of the IN
dictments ana sustaining two. Indictments against
twelve department stores were found in May. 1884.
on Il charge Of selling silverware IN violation Of he
law requiring that all silver"are marked sterling
shall be S2j-l 90 pure silver
There appears to BE no Foundation whatever for
the story printed yesterday. that 4 general strike
Of the employees OF the Manhattan Elevated road
was probable because 400 employees had been pa' ed
on the extra list. The company has been IN tho
habit OF reducing humber Of the trains from hVe
to four cars during the three summer months and
this makes necessary the placing OF some % the
guards on the extra list until the busy season be-
gins again. The same senseless rumor or probable
strike was started last summer.
The Ashland Club OF this city will hold its annual
er-nights festival at Suffers Harlem River
Park, One-hundred and-t wenty-siXth-st ana Sec
ond- tomorrow evening The Committee OF
Arrangements consists OF Jere. J. Murphy. chair
man: William Merrill Eugene Pryor. Joseph Schott
and Patrick J. O'Keeffe
Abraham Gruber viii present four gold medals 10
members OF the graduating class OF Grammar
School No. 10. Fifthst., near Avenue c. to-day at
80 D. m. This Is the school at which Mr.. Gruber
received his education. and from which he was
graduated The gold medals. duly inscribed. Will
be gwen to the four graduates who stand highest
I'm their studies.
The sale OF the Peoples Traction Company fran
ch.se was postponed Indefinitely yesterday by Con-
troller Fitch owing the fight between the roads
bidding for the franchise having been taken 10 the
Appellate Diyis.on Of the Supreme Court.
Frederick A. Burnham. president OF the Mutual
Reserve Fund Life Association has been elected
director OF the Standard National Bank OF the City
OF New-Yo TO fiji the vacancy caused by the
death OF President Marvele W. Cooper.
The Appellate Division Of the Supreme Court
handed down decision yesterday re!nstating three
policemen who had been dismissed on charges and
refusing the appeal OF three Those rein
stated are Joseph Cassidy Frederick Goetzger and
James ii. Mc(ilone. Thomas r. Brady. Louis p.
Warren and John j. kllea were not reinstatel.
The tenth annual picnic and games OF the letter
carriers OF this city VIII be held at Suffers Harlem
! River Park and Casino July T. The proceeds
will be devoted 10 the Sick and ath Benefit Fund
OF the association and this fact alone should in
sure the generous patronage OF the public There
VIII be music. dancing and athletic exercises.