New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-05
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PROFESSOR HERMANN ENrERTAiNs THE CON-
vIcTs IN THE STATE PRISON

vIcTs IN THE STATE PRISON.
The Fourth OF July was a red letter day In the
State Prison. As Is customary In that instit"'o"
on holidays. there extra rations issued TO the
men, In ;ie morning for breakfast the bill or rare
consisted of boiled ham. new potatoes. tea and
sugar nd the usual excellent prison bread Dinner
which the men ate In their cells after the exercises
of the day were over. consisted OF six ounces OF
cream cheese about two pounds OF gtrsS- 'a%e. tea
and sugar. and cigars for each prisoner
Shorty after 10 o'clock the convcts were assembled
in the chapel Of the administration building
Yesterday being the first occasion upon when THIS
immense apartment. occupying the entire second
floor had been used Is still unfinished. and being
mass of masonry. iron grders and roughly cementeo
floor the seating accommodations and the stage
for the exercises were merely temporary The stage
was literally decorated with flags and bunting.
The feature Of the day was the entertainment
given for the prisoners by Professor Hermann, the
ma gician The Professor some time ago volunteered
his services for this occasion Assembled In the
1900 convcts besides the guards
lies and a number Of guests OF Warden Sage, who
had been invited witness the entertainment,
The convict choir and orchestra presented tne
magician The numbers were all well handled and
evoked applause from the audience.
Encounsenent 'oren %s1rs
'The Band Played on MISUNDERSTANDING. Comic song
"a Mother r Is the Best Sweetheart Of SOLO
'Drean Faces Observation-Disclosures. Solo
How Fair Arr Thou Baryions solo
Perplexity' ballad
Dear Heart Solo
The musical portion OF the entertainment was
brought to satisfactory finish by a violin solo by
manns orchestra. who fairly carried his auditors
away with degh. over his mastery Of the instru-
ment.
Warden Sage then introduced Professor Herr,
mann telling the prisoners that they were indebted
he Kindness
for the entertainment about 10 be presented. Oh.
ausncs an ssson for OF SEs e"
magic. Card handkerchief. watch SIX nat ran ,t;d
SUCCESSION. the professor being assisted by Misses
Robinson and Boomsk his coored iami1ar me ne
bullet-catching for the first time attempted with
bullets fired from pistol The pistol used was one
Turkey. They beautiful weapons god m mounted.
and cost 5000 one of these was loaded oy con,
by as many convcte and then the pistol was fred
pointbank at the prsssor VINO s,TGa os
fully in a plate The entertainment was recelveh Dy
the cS bs pr0 %n svf Hermann sads them soodby
ne warmly applauded ,, l., ana
ca ca atfache to the s$ a. m train on Cen
trail Hudson Railroad The use OF the car Vas sNe i
BY the general nss" 1' we're
stretti Manager Edward Thurner; Commss 8. one
Mrs William Robinson. Nj. and Mrs y; Henry VI pa W
lam Scott
After tho exercises over the guests were
entertained at luncheon by Warden Sage
The bicycle race yesterday morning attracted
large number OF sightseers. The course was from
Barlow e. Co.'S store in Man-st., this Village, 10
Croton and return, a distance OF nine miles lhere
were ten entries The a poor one as one
OF the contestants took "a header before he mao
gone two hundred yards from the starting point ana
Immediately he had Ave other wheels and wheemen
piled on top Of him. The first prize was won by
Herbert Jacoby, OF Croton. time. ~ minutes ne
other contestants crossed the nome line IN tne oI
lowing order: Stanley Searles. Frederick Northrup;
James Delaney, Sylvester Lyon. W: H. Hapgoo!
acted as referee, Village Trustee G II stevens SAM ana
Clerk Robert r. Dennis as timckeeper
The dance given at the Mount Pleasant fied
Clubs handsome headquarters In the woden road.
Rails Orchestra furnished the music. and Fourth
Of July 1896. had been an established fact for some
hours before the party broke up. Among those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. j. Herbert Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs Charles Gowen. Mr.. and Mrs. II; NJ
Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs F. caTPenntsr Miss lis
and Mrs. J. d. MAIDEN, Miss Alice Hyatt, MISS VIZ
ginia Ferguson. Robert O. Mead, jr and Miss Mead
Mr. and Mrs George Th9mson md an Wrs me Iostssd
Miss Tyler Miss Hustled George Hyatt, n B Eson.
J. Curry Barlow. W. H. Hapgood and De witt Weld
team Of mules attached to Fowler's Ice wagon
ran away In Main-st. late Friday night. and one
of the drivers Samuel Tutte. twenty years old. was
thrown out and badly injured about the head.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon frame build
ing in the rear Of the Barlow Block In Maln-st. was
found to be en- fire. The Fire Department promptly
responded the alarm. and the flames were quickly
extinguShed.