New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-04
HONE NEWS.
NETWORK CITY.

Among the passengers on the Cunard steamship
Lucania which arrived in port yesterday. were
A. v. Armour. Captain I. L. Burr, Mrs. Prescott
Hall Butler. J. William Clark Colonel and Mrs..
Cranston, Mrs. Edward King. Mr. and Mrs. r. A.
Maitland. NJ L. McCready. Mr.. and Mrs. r. w.
Rhinelander. Frank Tiffany. General Albert Ord
way and Leutenant-Colonsl c. w. Valliamy.
Justice Beach, In the Supreme Court. yesterday
appointed Max Hartman guardian for his seven
teen old son. Louis. OF No 81 West Eighty
ninth-s for the purpose OF enabling the father to
bring a suit for the annument Of his sons mar
rage to Mary D. Hartman. which took place on
March q The father alleges that his sons mar
Rage was illegal. he being under age
The Rev DR.. Newand Maynard will deliver q
parlor illustrated lecture. Holland and Its His
tory" at the home of Mrs Charles Phelps, No. 80
West Thirty seventh-st.. on next Tuesday morning
at II o'clock
Controller Fitch said yesterday that he had re-
ceiyed conflicting opinions to the classification
of the clerks In the offices Of the Surrogate and
District-Attorney who assist in the collection OF
the inheritance tax. The Controller Is the COL
lector Of the in this county, and the clerks 10
AID him have been classified according to tho
Civil Service law. When he applied to the Attor-
ney-General he was told that the Offices were not
State Offices and when he asked the Corporation
Counsel for an opinion Mr.. Scott said he did not
feel called upon to give an opinion, as the offices
we're not county city offices. Mr.. Fitch says ne
does not know what to DO next
The Assembly Committee on Privileges and Elec
tons held meeting yesterday in the City Hall, In
this city, and decided not 10 open the ballots IN
the XXVIth Assembly District where there was a
contest between Patrick J. Andrews and F. A.
Sovak The decision Is equivalent to declaring IN
favor OF Andrews
Ceoree Mowbray the engineer OF the alleged FILL
clustering steamship Woodall. which is said to
have made a successful trip to Cuba In June, 1875,
from the United States. was arraigned before
limited States Commissioner Shields yesterday 10
answer a charge OF violating the neutrality laws.
on a complaint made by the Spanish Consul The
hearing adjourned TO Friday at II a. m.
Chauncey NJ. Depew, chairman Of the Board Of
Control the Joint Traffic Association. has called
q meeting OF the Board for Thursday next
Inspector General Hoffman will Inspect the 9th
REGIMENT Colonel William Seward. at the new
armory, Fourteenth-st. near sixth-ave, on
Wednesday evening. The following non-commis-
stoned officers OF the 9th Regiment have passed
the Examining Board; Corporals E. W. O'Brien
F. J. seibert and +. r. Hatfield; sergeants James
w Golden and III. b. Joel, and Corporal f. Rus
sell Dr. Alvah II. Doty has resigned as surgeon
OF the regiment, and will probably DO succeeded
by Assistant Surgeon Charles n. Thompson Ad-
jutant w. II. Truman OF the LIST Battalion has also
resigned.
The Veteran Association OF the 18th Regiment
will celebrate the ffteth anniversary OF tho Or
0anizaton of the regiment by dinner at the
Hotel Savoy on April Il. The dinner Will also COM
rnemorats the thirty-yixth anniversary OF the de-
parturs OF the regiment for the front
The list Sigma, Corps. Captain Homer W. Hedge
vii! be reviewed by Colonel O. j. Green, Assistant
Inspector General. on the evening of April H.
General Russell A. Algsr. Secretary OF War
passed through this city yesterday on his way TO
Detroit. General AIger is making the journey to
his homo for the purpose OF voting In local cleo
ton I'm which ne is deeply interested, and after
recording his vote he viii return Immediately to
Washington.
A circular has bssn sent by the Pew. William T.
Mcclure. president of the Catholic Young Mems
National Union, to the various local unions. TO
stimulate enthusiasm for the movement to erect
statue 70 the late DIR. Orestes A. Brownson A
sum Of 1900 has already been collected