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ipdity than those for purposes of education. Tho
Flro Department. however. though increasing
steadily its standard OF efficiency, does not entail
much increase Of expense. II will cost only $40, 900
moro in 1897 than in 1890 to pay the expenses OF Il.
New York city IL q cosmopolitan town. Giovanni
p. Casgiano has succeeded Bernard Fitzpatrick,
and solomon Bernstein has succeeded John Nugent
as Commissioners of Deeds by resolution OF the
Board OF Aldermen.
The one hundrodth anniversary OF tho establish.
ment OF Albany rs the State capital OF New York
will be celebrated on Jan. 8, which falls mex year
on Friday. Tho Legislature win meet In the week
following.
Within q few months of each other two men lave
died whose participation in Fifteenth ward politics
recalls to many an exciting episode. In tho election
of 1870 the rival candidates for the Assembly IN
what was then the Seventh. and Is row, substan.
TALLY. the Fifth district, were John Carey, Tam.
many Democrat, and Horatio n. Twombley, Re.
publican. There was at that time a primitive regis.
tration law and election frauds were easily com.
mlttcd. Control OF tho Legislature was ardently
desired by both parties. and this district. normally
Republican, was counted upon to elect Mr.. Twom.
bley. With Mr.. Towmbley elected. the Albany
Legislature would have stood, Democrats, 0Si
Republicans, o.; q tie. To defeat Mr.. ~Twombiey,
there fore. q strong effort was made and the oficial
returns of the election purportod to show a major.
,y asa,ps, him Of 90 v,tes only. thereby giving IN,
Demoorata con,rol n, tho A.,,n,blv. Nr.Tuom,,av
n n sc,,chma, and 4, "a .,,d ~ s,otch,,a, .o,,o.
times. as of 1rishmen always. that they do not
know when they are beaten. The next year Mr..
To~inbley ran again for the Assembly on the Re-
publican ticket. describing himself as ''tho man
who was c,,n,., an, !, VI. rece,xes A 1so vo,..
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d,v,.,o, a, ,,,, A.,.nn,x Wa, po,uhi,.,,, o.,
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SlAlh TIME United states senator rom Vermont
al o'neF senators In poh' . years
y ou' y III p''ns s''"s' VI ''"" e'N."
VI oL0, ""o u . 'e"' VI "se' was
.'"eu S'"'es senator SIX years CARRIER senator
n"Fr"i was porn IN iolo' senator haFt's' nn
posea' IN 1919 anu senator Fatmef Oh luihoiS.
""ose Term expires on the +tn OF March, one year
~ari'er. me youngest Oh the .hi'eu states senators
II "arioh hu'ier Oh Not'h SaFoiina' VINO was oofh
IN 1900. MS NepuoI'an coAeAsue' fr''e"asu' was
born III 1907 anu North Carolina Is, therefore, rep
resented oy younger men tn"n mas usually oeeh
the case with IL OF recent yeaFs' senator RANSOM
OF North carolina, on MS retirement was nearly
~ and senator vance, han nc h'ea III term QUIZ
WOulu nave Deen o..
Under tho prouosed charter of the Greater New
York the Board of Aldermen would he restored to
some OF its ancient powers and privileges and its
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years, but which the adoption OF the amended State
Constitution on the same dav that tie Aldermen
were voted for, extended to three years.
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The late Thomas w. Ferry OF Grand Rapids had
number of years prior 10 his death. II is a fac, not
generally known. or nj least not generally com.
nen,,I upon in the obituaries OF him which have an.
reared. that he was the c!shteenth Vice. President OF
the United states anl, ElIk MS Immediate sue
oossor. william A.. Wheeler. he procured HI, title
to that onlce In n lawful manner rs the result OF
the choice OF the voters. In tho Presidential elec.
ton OF 1879 Henry Wilson OF Massachusetts WINS
chosen Vice President on the ticket with Gen.
Grant, He was installed in onice on tho 4th of
March, 1873, and on the goth OF November, 1878,
he died in the city OF Washington. Tlereupou, Mr.
Ferry. who had been q member OF the United States
Senate from Michigan and was one OF the two Sen.
ators from that state Isaac p. Christlancy being
tho other, became Vice. President of the United
states uh''' 'ne 'hAuSuFa'ioh Vi N''S A. "hse'eF
on the S'h Oh "arch' 100"
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