New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-20
NEW-YORK CITY.

Tho Moderation society's 2s2d flower distribution
took place at Paradise Park, Five Points. yester-
day at 2:s0 D. m. There was large fne cohecuon
from Short Hills Coxsacke. Great harrington ana
other places.
There Is to he a farewell meeting on Tuesday
evening at Chickering Hall for the first expedition
to be sent by the Philafrican LiberatorS League
to found civilized Christian towns IN the congo
Free State The expedition Is to sail IN July. uh-
der the leadership Of He'll Chatelain. the African
missionary and explorer. Ex-Mayor Hewitt VIII
preside at the meeting and there will be addresses
by Mr. Chatelain. the Rev. L. T. Champerlain'
President Charles p Daily Of the American Geo.
graphical Society. Paul du Chaillu and others
The Board Of Education will meet at p. m. on
Wednesday at the hall at Grand and Elm sts' ana
at 40 D. m there will be meeting of the trustees
q, tho Col,eae Of the City Of New-York In the
same building.
snecial services In honor Of the sixtieth ami
versary Of the accession of Queen Victoria. coinci-
dent with the 400th anniversary OF the Enghsh
discovery Of America by Cabot. will be held IN the
Church Of st. John the Evangelist, NO ZZo west
Eleventh-st. to-day. at 1913 a m. and p m.
Graduation exercises Of the boys department OF
Grammar School No. 81. Amsterdam-ave and Six
ty-eghth-st, will be held at $50 a. m. on Tuesday
A picture OF "Our Lady Of the Rosary Of Pom
peir' is to be unveiled at $3.50 p m to-day by Mon
OF Our Lady Of Pompeii in Sullivan-st
reddish weighing fifteen pounds was caught on
Friday of Long Branch, where 1t had strayed from
its homo In the waters of the Florida coast
II was presented to the Aquarium by Blackfords
OF Fulton Market and Yesterday attracted consid-
cradle attention. Reddish are rarely found IN
Northern waters.
The North German Lloyd Lines new steamship
Bremen. which has just arrived here on her maiden
ul he
morrow afternoon, between and o'clock, at her
pier at the end Of Second-st., Hoboken.
The crew of the German steamer Romulus. who
arrived from Cuban ports June IL and were
transferred to Hoffman Island for observation,
we're discharged from quarantine and put on board
their vessel yesterday afternoon. all we'll
George W. Birdsal Chief Engineer OF tho De-
partment Of Public Works. Horace Loomis. eng-
neer IN charge Of sewers. and Stephen Mccormack.
superintendent Of gas lamps. have recommended
to Commissioner Coils that stringent regulations
IN regard to steam pipes IN the streets Of the city
he made by the Department. on account OF their
injurious effects water and gas pipes near them
Inc,en /. Bonheur, chairman Of the Executive
Committee OF the Young Ladies and Gentlemen
League OF the Montehore Home. IN this city. re-
turned from Paris a few days ago with check
for $500 from the Baroness dc Hirsch 1or lie
bed at the Home.
Holmes Il co. nave opeIeu theH oaIatoso oiico'
which they have had for q number Of years. in the
Grand Union Hotel, under the management Of
Frank Rudell where they will be connected by pri-
yate wire with their New-York office.
The Executive Committee Of the American Purity
Alliance yesterday appointed Dean Elizabeth Powell
Bond of swarthmore College; Mrs. Rachel Hborn.
Miss Annie Shoemaker and Miss Hanna H. Clothier
OF Philadelphia, delegates to represent the alliance
nj the annual conference OF the International Fed
Grafton for the Abolition of State Regulation OF
Vice. TO be held in Brussels. Belgium. July 10 to
H. inclusive.