New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-06
NEW-YORk CITY.


General Coils. Commissioner Of Public Works
said Yesterday that all Of the city free floating
ba tbs were in position, and would be opened for
public use tomorrow al . a. m.
The IXth Assembly District branch Of the Citi-
gems Union will have n conference at NO 20
Eighth-ave. tomorrow evening, and voters OF the
district are invited to join In the conference and
listen 10 the speeches
The regular Republican organization OF the
XXIst Assembly District Will give an excursion
10 Laurelton Grove. Long Island on June p, and
the baseball teams OF the Quigg Club and the
Riverside Republican Club will play match game.
with Congressman Quigg and Abraham Gru5er as
umpres.
The Independence Hail Democracy. which held
its frs: County Committee meeting at Cooper
Union on May 25 starts this week series of dis
trio. meetings, the frs. of which will be held In
the XXVIth Assembly Distrio. Bohemian National
Hall East Seventy-thrd st. on Wednesday even
ing June 8 Vincent w Woytisel will speak in
Bohemian, and ex-Commissioner hamburger in
English.
standard OIL Trust certificates sold yesterday at
$50.
The issues from the Bible House in May were
53992 volumes; total issues since April !. 1883
volumes.
Joseph Pool began his abors as a City Magis-
trate in Harlem Court yesterday morning. The
prisoners he had to deal with were in the main
the ordinary lot Of the worse for drink and
those who guilty Of minor offences, and he
disposed Of them by filming them from 50 to $.
The delegation representing the New-York Credit
Mems Association left here yesterday for Kansas
City to attend the National Convention 10 be held
there on June g. 10 and II. Similar delegations will
attend from all the great business centres. One
OF the chief objects OF the convention is TO secure
the passage Of a National bankruptcy law and
more uniform laws in the different States. The
New-York delegation consists Of the following:
James G. Cannon. Charles Biggs. r. P. Messiter,
NJ f. Bannn. w. a. Prendergast, W. /. Bingham
and S. 8. Conover
At the Office Of Postmaster Van Colt yesterday
Il was announced that Augustus b. Maze had been
appointed Superintendent Of Mails. TO succeed
Thomas J. Clarke, the present incumbent Mr..
Maze will assume the duties OF his office on July !.
He served Superintendent Of Mails under Mr..
Van Colt during the latter's first administration
as Postmaster.
The family at the Menagerie in Central Park
was increased yesterday morning by the addition
Of two raccoons, the gift Of c. VI. Morrison, OF
Scarsdale. y. Y They were installed In the quar-
tiers recently vacated by the little cinnamon bears.
The list Signal Corps, Captaln Homer W. Hedge,
will be inspected by General Hoffman at Van
Cortlandt Park on Wednesday. Tho corps will
give an exhibition mounted drill after the inspec-
ton.
In the absence of Colonel +. Vnton Greene, the
list Regiment is In mmand OF Lieutenant Colonel
Wallace A. Downs Colonel Greene Will probably
be absent month
The Colonial Banl; has made arrangements
whereby the United States National Bank will act
as its Clearing House agent. Heretofore the Third
National Bank. which is now In liquidation. has
acted in that capacity.
Among the passengers arriving last evening on
the Cunard Lire steamer Etruria from Liverpool
and Queenstown. were J. II. Lancaster. S. w.
FarchId and family. NJ. b. Mason, Mrs Arson
Phelps Stokes and family ard j. l.. Duncan.
special meeting of the evangelistc section OF
the Womans Christian Temperance Union Asso-
c!ation Of New-York County was held at the
Church Settlement Building. No 263 West Thirty
second-st. yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Jennie
Fowler Willing presided. committee OF three.
consisting OF Mrs. Willing. Mrs. John Martin and
Mrs A. l.. Damon. was appointed TO take care Of
evangestic work during the summer.
Tho United Brotherhood Of Carpenters has or
dered strikes on ali buildings where Patrick Lang
try has contracts for the carpenter work. and
the carpenters at work on the new buildings AZ
Thrtieth-st and Ninth-ave. went out yesterday
Langtry recently advertised for carpenters. and
had two hundred applications for work When
the men found that he had trouble with the United
brotherhood they all refused to go TO work The
object OF the strike is to compel Langtry to pay
the union scale Of 6 20 for eight hours work.
The ceremonies commemorative OF the thirteenth
centenary OF the death OF the Irish churchman
and scholar OF the sixth century. St Columbkille
Will begin to-day with the celebration OF a solemn
Iridium at ST. Coumbas Church. In West Twen-
ty-hfth-st Bishop John NJ. Farley will celebrate
pontifcal mass in tho morning. and Nicar-Genera
Mooney will preach the sermon In the evening at
Chickering Hall the Gaelic Society will celebrate
the anniversary with n varied programme OF
music and addresses In Irish and English.
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Go 10 Cleveland by afternoon train OF New
York Contra. Leave Grand Central Station 500
p. m: arrive Cleveland 7:l5 next morning Entire
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