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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07

OFFICE OF II CLERK OF THE CoMNoN)
COUNCIL. ROOM No. :, CITY HALL NEW

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE CoMNoN)
COUNCIL ROOM No. =, CITY HALL. SEW
YORK CITY, July 20. 1897.
The Dry Dock. East Broadway and Battery Railroad
Company having filed Its petition. bearing date the
9th day OF July. 1897, with the Common Council Of
the City OF New York. applying for It's consent aud
permission to the construction, maintenance and op-
Grafton Of a doublc-tracS street surface railroad ~ an
extension and connection OF its existing railroad
tracks between the following points: From the exist
the Intersection OF broadway and Park Row, con.
Meeting hero by suitable curves. switches aud sppli.
anccs with said company's railroad on Park Row,
running thence, upon. along and through Park Row
TO Broadway. at tho Intersection OF Broadway and
SAID Park Row; thence ~southerly through. along and
upon broadway TO Fulton street. connecting with
said company's tracks on Fulton street by suitable
curves. switches and appliances. to be operated by
hor>r cable or electric ty other than the over
head trolley system. or any form OF mechanical
power. the use OF which shall be approved aud au.
thorized as required by law.
Now, therefore, pursuant to directions given me by
q resolution which was adopted by the Common
Council on the 21thday OF July, 1897. and approved
by the Acting Mayor July 28th. 1897. notice Is hereby
given that such application viii first be considered IN
the 23d lay OF Augunt. 1917. at one O'clock in tho
afternoon. at the Chamber OF The Board OF Aldermen,
In the City Ha |. In the City Of New York, and q pub
lie hearing had thereon,
All persons interested in the application are notified
to he present at the time and place aforesaid, and an
opportunity Will be given them 10 be head in rela
ton thereto. WIN. II. TEN Eye
Clerk Common Council.
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CARDINAL Glbbon..a Visit to Long I.lana.

SOUTHAMPTON. l.. l., Aug. 6.-Cardinal Glib
hons has been the recipient OF many attentions
since his arrival IL week ago. On Monday night
Mr.. Samuel Parish gave Al dinner In honor of tho
Cardinal. DIR. George A. Dixon, George C. Clark
Lieut.. Alexander l.. Morton OF the United States
Army, DIR. II. lIolbrook Curtis. Dr.. +. +. Cham
bcrs. George Blagden, Duncan Cryder, John w,
Kilhreth, Howard Townsend. former Judge
Horace Russell. Louis c.. Murdoch, Mgr. J. s.
derson. and Bishop Foley OF Detroit were also
present. Mr.. and Mrs: T. z. Nevins gave a shore
Gihbons was present. That night he was enter.
tanned at n tea given in his honor by Mr.. and
Mrs. William Is. Hornblowcr. The Cardinal will
preach here again on Sunday morning.
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Apparently HonuG spratt wee Throws OF
when the wheel strurk q Deep Hut

Frank spratt of IL Madison street, Newark, q
driver for Lawshe's Express Company, which
plies between Newark and this city. took with
him his nephew, Harry Spratt, % years old, on
his afternoon trip Thursday. On their return.
about 0 F. NJ. they met Harry Tintlo, q driver
for the Same concern. on the ferryboat. 1t was
arranged that Harry would drive his unclo's
team homo and his uncle would ride with
Tintle, as he had some business matters to
talk over with him. Harry drove on ahead af-
ter leaving the ferrybont and took the usual
route followed by tho Newark express wagons,
up Grand street to Communipaw avenue and
along the Newark plank road. There Is a bad
stretch of road between tho Glendale woods and
West Side avenue. Harry had q lighter load on
his wagon. and before Communipaw avenue wns
reached he was out of sight of tho others. As
Tintle and the elder Spratt passed out of the
shadow of the Glendale woods their
Team snied and Tintle saw a dark 90,
Traction, Compnny's tracks. lie and .Spratt
climbed down from the truck and found that the
object was the dead body OF Harry Spratt; He
wheels had passed over him. Several wheel
men stopped, and. with the aid of tho light from
their lamps, an Investigation was made. The
yS%r M meS's G Dcc Inc :, truck rue .I hsd Pa tS"t t gye 1ra on9
wheel OF the truck had strnck a rut and caused
spratt to fall. The body was removed TO Spoor's
Frank Spratt went 10 look for his team, and
Tintle drove back to tho Communipaw avenue
station 70 wait for him., but he did not return,
nor did ne make his appearance yesterday; The
bridge tondcr at the Hnckcnsack bridg go. An UNI
dertaker from Newark who called at tho morguo
yesterday Tor young SprRtt's toly said that he
had been sent by 1intlc. The body was deliv-
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The weather.

The weather was cloudy yesterday in the Missouri
and Mississippi valleys and In the East Gulf States,
aud showers occurred In the Missouri Valley, In
other S'o'ions OF the country fair weather prevailed.
Inc pressure was normal or above normal in all
dis'rictS, being highest over the upper lake regions.
me barometer At Milwaukee was 8O.32. The lowest
was at havre, Mon. 5000 inches. The temperature
remained nearly stationary throughout tho country.
IN thiH city the day was fair. with a pleasant north
tohorthw"st breeze average velocity IL miles an hour;
hisheS' omciAl temperature ~. lowest 81; humidity
averaged 90 por cent; barometer. corrected TO read
10 sea level. at 4 A. N. so. ls, at 3 p. n. sofa.
Tho Thermometer At the United states Weather Blu.
reau registered the temperature yesterday n follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
TWO FIREMEN INJURED.
Foreman Terpenny Fails Down an Airuhart-
He May Not Recover.

lie May Not Recover.
During a nro which occurred early yesterday
morning in the three-story brick building at SO
East l25th street Foreman Michael Tcrponny
OF Truck Il. in East l25th street. and Bartholo-
NEW Sheridan. a fireman OF the samc company,
were injured. Tcrpcnny fell forty fect down an
airshaft between the buildings at Nos. So and
81. alighting on n pile of wood boxes and waste
paper. He received an injury to his spine and
internal injuries from which he may not re-
cover. Sheridan vas cut on the left arm by Il
piece of plate glass which fell from the door of
No. SO as the firemen broke it to gain an en-
trance to the building. Terpenny was taken to
the Harlem Hospital and Sheridan WAS sent TO
his homo at 625 Union avenue. He will recover.
Tho fire started In the basement in 'he rear Of
Henry kilgore's restaurant at Sc. whore tho
fremen tried to get into the building. but failed.
Foreman erpenny made his way to the roof OF
so. From there he tried to cross an airshatt. 8
feet wide, on two plHnks. with which he made a
bridge. Tho planks. which we're thin and de-
f@ectiye. broke when he was half way over, and
he fell 10 the bottom OF the shaft. The fire did
about $500 damage.
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Children and Grandchildren Want . 5000. DOC
slice OF II.

Ar action has been instituted in tho Supreme
Court in Brooklyn by Katharine, Cecilia F.,
Adele, Elsie. and Alfred Weber against their
uncle. John Weber. to recover real estate valued
at $2Oo. 900 in New York and Kings counties.
Elizabeth Weber. the mother OF some OF the
plaintiffs and grandmother of the other plain
tits. died on June l, 1850. She owned an inter
est in tweaty-one lots on Eighty.cighth and
Eighty-scvcnth streets and Ninth avenue, on
which the defendant held three mortgages, exc
cutcd by Jacob Weber. for $4,000. Two OF
them were in process OF foreclosure. 1t IL al
legged that the defendant for a consideration
agreed 10 hny tho property and to ho!d II rs &C.
curity for the payment of the mortgages, and
upon any subsequent, sale TO pay tho excess, II
my. to Elizabeth Weber. The Plaintiffs allege
that he cid sell the property In 1887.
IN another action it Is alleged that Elizabeth
Weber owned an interest In property on Union
street, and Franklin avenue In Brooklyn, and
that the same conditions existed rs in the case
of the New York property. The plaintiffs ask
for an accounting. and that on the paym mt of
the money due to the defendant he lie directed
to convey the property to the plaintiffs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
FRED BUXTON REBEdsED.
Miss Agnes Murray Drcnmc Hin Security rev
Appears nee In Court,

HIiss Agnes Murray Eccnmc IIin Security rov
Appenrs nee In Court.
BRrpopoRT. Conn. Aug. 6.-Frod Buxton, who
was arrested In Easton on last Saturday night,
after denying the authorities OF that town and
the deputy sherirs Of Fairfield county. for days
holding them at bay with a shotgun, and, who.
since his capture, has been confined in the
county Jail In this city in default o: 81 100 bonds,
was released to-day. Bonds for h!s NJ pearance al
the September term OF tho Criminal Court wero
furnished by Agnes Murray and W. II. Banks OF
Greenfield Hill.
Miss Murray is wealthy and eccentric. Banks
10 n merchant in tho town of Easton. Miss Muir
ray has been invol, ed in much litigation of late,
md her reason for going on Buxton's bond Is
that sho believes he Is in the .riaht:, She will
against the Ogdens for damages done to his
crop by their colts, which caused all tho trouble.
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Col. Warning gives out this extract from .
letter:
II complained to my wash woman about some
linen that was not Just as 1t ought to be, and she
said that If / had lived In New York before Col.
Warning cleaned tho streets and did away with
the dirt remaining for weeks lying in the streets
and ash barrels. standing around. md the dirt
lying up and dirtying everything, l would not
Kick IL lust once something was not rs white az
snow, She said that New York was n perfect
paradise now as compared with what IL was for
sat down and cried their eyes ont when, after a
hard days washing, the whole linen got soiled
again when 1t was hung up TO dry. That was no
rare. and there was always some special reason
II a pieco OF linen got soilcd on tho line"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
Legal ErSh, on tho chicago ia, Combine.

CHICAGO. Aug. 6.-Tho Chicago Gas Trust re-
Gently created by the consolidation of eight
competing companies under the leadership of
tho Peoples Gaslight and Coke Company, will
have to light its way into operation through tho
State and Federal judiciaries. An attack is to
be made soon ON tho big corporation by the
Civic Federation through its Committee of
lO0.' and 1t Is said that tho Ogden Gas Com
pany, left out In, the cold by tho recent combine.
will lend its aid and cash In tho legal battle
which is expected to overthrow the trust. Cor.
poration Counsel Thornton says tho city will
not onior the light unless the peoples rights are
ovorriden by tho combine.
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Want. sheriff Quilting En,.,nsa.

An interesting question as to whether assess
mcnts are liens upon property has boon raised
in tho suit OF wilkins U. Greene. as executor.
against Sophia Bunzick and others. Sheriff
Buttling of Brooklyn has been ordered to show
cause why he should not be restrained from
paying out OF tho purchase price OF the prem.
ises Vt BerTinan street and Liberty avenue
three lnstallments, aggrsgating 500, for tho
assessments were TO bo paid In yearly Install.
ments. but Sheriff Buttling holds that the as.
IL a lien. and should be paid in adj
vance. Tho order to show cause will lie argued
before Justice Smith In the Supreme Court
n0Xt week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
EDW1N MAruEsoN,s DOWNFALL.
A Former Real Estate Agent Goes to Blooua-
inEdale nv n IIabitunl Drunknrd.

ingdale NJ n Erabitunl Drunknrd.
Edwin Ma;hcson, 81 years old, was committed
to tho Bloomingdale Insane Asylum by Judge
Hurd in the County Court in Brooklyn yester-
day afternoon. He is n mental and physical
wreck, and his downfall is due to alcoholic ex-
cesses. He is an Enslishman and came to this
country thirty years ago. His parents wore
wealthy. and when he arrived horc Matheson
started in tho real estate business. with an Office
on lower Broad way. He prospcred in business,
but led a dissipated life and squandered his
fortune.
In behalf of friends former District Attorney
John Fleming OF Queens county had Mntheson
Examined by Or. John @. johnson and DR.. Bur
dick of Brooklyn. They reported that he was
mentally and physically unable to care for him.
self and said that this was duo to tho excessive
Judge Hurd. who committed Matheson to the
asylum. whore he will be cared for as n paid
patient.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
LARGE PLANT OF LoBsrERs.
80 A2o Placed In tho Waters OF the Sound
and In Raritan RaY.

ALBANY, Aug. 6.-Chairman Charles II. Bah
cock Of the Fisheries Committee OF the State
Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission says
tho plant of Holsters this season has been tho
largest in the history Of the commission. 1t ex-
ccedcd last years plant by . 200, 300 The total
number of Holsters planted this season was
6.s90.42O, as follows: At Centre Island Reef,
Oyster Bay. 1890 GAO; Lloyd's Mock Reef. at
Huntington. 2.6o9,3 4O; Eaton's Neck Reef. at
Huntington, l,75O.440; Sound Reef. at Hunt
ington. /. 900. 0Go: Rock Point, at Oyster Bay,
$4,000; Iaritan Bay. at Westfield. lOO. 900.
The plant OF large mouth or Oswcgo black
bass fry this season was the largest ever made
in tho State. The Introduction o. the Ramey
red throat trout from California is n success.
There are nearly 1000 OF these fish in the Gale
donna hatchery. and noxt spring tho commission
VIII be able to secure several thousand eggs
from them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
BUycoED ny 4 NEIGHBoR.s SON.
UnsuspectinG Sarah MANS Let Joseph Gran
Get Her Rather's Check Cnahed.

wv "NF NEuVE|H z NNHHNUs
Joseph MANS, q tailor of 1ls Hopkins street,
Williamsburg, drew a check for $50 on the
broadway Bank yesterday afternoon and sent
his l2-ycar-old daughter Sarah to tho bank to
get 1t cashed. Tho girl fingered at the hall
entrance of ll6 Hopkins street, where John
Graf lives. She told her errand to Crafts IL
year-old son Joseph. When sho got 10 Broad
to Sarah and told her that her father was in a
great hurry for the $50. lie asked her for tho
check and said he would have it cashod. The
girl entered the bank with him.. Tho hoy went
to the paying tellcr's window and asked for
small bills and silver in exchange for tho check.
wait for her fathers bank book. After wait
ing for nearly two hours Sarah learned thar
young Graft had received the book. She hur-
rlcd home and then the theft was discovered.
No trace OF the boy could he found and last
night Nh mis- complained ut the Vernon avenue
police station.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
YELLOW DOG MAKES TROUBLE.

Appeared TO Re Stau and Created n Panic in n
Brooklyn Dry Goods store.
A big yellow dog, frothing at tho mouth and
yolping as II mad. rushed into Namm's dry
goods store. In Fulton and Hoyt streets, in
Brooklyn. about $50 o'clock yesterday morning
and threw tho clerks into "A panic. Some of tho
girls jumped on the counters. while others ran
upstairs or into tho street. John Conway
tho dog by the neck, holding it until tho arrival
OF two policemen, who carried it Into the street
and dubbed IL to death.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
FORTY rE.iRs n PRIEST.
Deal REcNuity Celebrates tho Anniversary OF
His Ordination.

PATERSON. n. j.. Aug. 6.-The Very Rev.
Dean McNulty. pastor of st. Johns Roman
Catholic Church, celebrated to day the fortieth
anniversary OF his ordination to tho priesthood.
Shortly after his ordination on Aug. 8. 1857, he
was appointed vice-Prosidcnt OF Seton Hall
College. then situated ut Madison. In the fall
Of 1858 he was assigned 10 ST. Johns parish in
this city. From that time to this he has held
energy nearly all tho Catholic churches were
erected. He also brought about the erection Of
four convents. q hospital. an orphan asylum,
four, schools, and q young mons lyceum. Re-
Gently he was appointed a member of the COM
mittee which has charge of the building of the
new cathedral in Newark. Tho Right Rev.
Bernard O'Itieily has referred to him as Dean
McNulty, the church builder
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killed his wiro and wounded His Enemy.

COLUMBIA. S. c., Aug. 6.-Patrick Dreher and
John Cain of Lewisdale, Livingston county.
exchanged pistol shots several months ago be-
cause of Gains attentions to Mrs, Dreher. Going
home last night Droher found Cain talk
Ing to his wife. lie had prepared for the meet
ing, ana nred a bullet at close range, wOunding
cam MORALLY. Mrs. Dreher fed, hut was
Quickly oyertaken, shot in the breast with a
pistol and then her throat was cut. death in
sayinE that there we're Others no had to XIII
ddhhu anen nc would die by his own hand. He has
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07

About Ftrty Persons Were Injured More or
Less Mt tho Elevator Blaze.

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Six of the victims OF the
Northwestern elevator fro last night are now
dead. They are Charles NJ. Conway. driver Engine
Company 7. died at County Hospital; Thomas
Monahan. driver for Chief Swenie. missing and
given up for dead; unidentified man. thrown
into river and drowned. body not recovered. and
the three whose names were scnt TO TIE sun
last night. In addition. John Hantz, spectator,
struck on head, is thought TO bc dying at his
home. 439 Park avenue; John Evans. pipeman,
Engine Conpany 3. is dying at PolyGlinic Hospi-
tai, and william Hanlcy. pipeman. Engine Coin
be injured mortally,. In all. nearly fifty were
hurt, most of them slightly.
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WASHINGTON EoREcAsr FoR SATURDAY.
For NsD England and eastern Nev York, fair;
OdTner; variable triAds.
FOR the District OF Columbia. eastern Pennsylvania.
nc" Jersey Delaware. Maryland. and Virginia. fair.
Followed by increasing cioudinsss In the afternoon,
herthoaSterly wiAds.
For western PennsyivAniS. western New York. and
ono iair' slowly rising temDsratursi Light north
sAsteEly 10 eAstsTly wInda,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
Nat At POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

Wings Measured from Tip to Tip Nearly 0s
Much as Policeman BSrnea's Mustache.
While Roundsman Lehr. in charge OF the
Bureau OF information at Police Headquarters.
was doing In n chair at 4 o'clock yesterday
morning, he Was aroused ny the rapid whirr Of
wings past his head. lie jumped up and discov-
cred n large bat dying about the room. The
rounlslnan picked up II broom. and after many
strikes that went wido of tho mark. finally
killed The winged intruder. The bat WIS an ex-
ira large one. it's wings measuring nearly a foot
from tip to tip.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
Married Ahead Of schedule Time.

George Samuel Fowler Of Brooklyn, a cotton
broker. and Mary Adelaide Wilson. also of
BROOKLYN were married at Asbury Park ON
Tuesday and started on on their wedding trip.
Brooklyn friends OF the couple, as the marriaxe
had boon set down for October,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
Dancing Master Charged with Abduction.

Joseph Binder. keeper Of a dancing academy
at Go Essex street, was held for examination in
81, 600 bail In the Essex Market Court ycster-
day on a charge of abducting Rosa Freedman,
Is years old, o. l46 Suffolk street. The girl
disappeared from her home two months ago,
md whom she returned Thursday sho said that
Binder had induced her TO 60 away.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07
-Four Now detective serrcant..

Chief Conlin detailed yesterday four patrol
men to serve as detective sergcants in the De-
~tectiye Bureau nj Headquarters. The men de-
tailed nre George H.. Dale. James O'Donohue,
John +. Kelly. and Joseph Manion. They have
been doing duty rs detectives in tho bureau for
some time. hut the promotion to detective SCR
to g.. 900 a year. There are still three vacan.
cics in the force OF nifty detective sergcants al
lowed by law.
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Four Boys Arrested who Said They Were on
Their Way TO tho Gold Fields.

RoNDoUT, Aug. G.-Four boys. none of them
ever IL years old, were found by Policeman
Hcppner walking the track of the West Shore
Railroad near the Wilbur tunnel this morning,
and were placed under arrest. They gave their
Edward Conneil Of Ncwburg and Edward Con-
don OF Brooklyn. All OF the boys said that they
C0ndon, they said, had run away from home
and had met them on the road. The police will
their story.
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Rocco. winning. at Cards Co., Him nls Life.

h@ecees Winnings nj Cards Cost Ilim His Life.
John Rocco. an Italian of 100 Frost stroet. VII.
liamsburg, died yesterday of stab wounds rc.
osived on the night OF July 10 after winning tho
etSkes In . card game. Five Italians, Alexander
tilleppi, GEll Bernardo, Lorenzo Grille, and
the actionot t9e Coroner. Rocco had Identified
them ~ his As1nilantS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-07

Tho gang of convictS from the Kings County
Penitontiary sci to work In grading and beauti-
flying tho east side park lands In Brooklyn was
increased to thirty yesterday. They were under
tho charge OF, four keepers. and al of them
seemed 10 relish tho employment. The State
Commission on Pris%Ns has arranged to pay an
Official visit TO the ptnitentlRry on Aug. 10.
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STATE OF NEW Y%oRK-cIvlL SERVICE oaMIs-
osioN' GENERAL EXAMINATIONS.


Open competitive examinations for merit will no
held throughout the state ou August ~ and rs. 1897,
for the following Positions: Clerks. Junior Ct rkA,
Law Clerks, BOukkseIers, Court Attendants, Guards,
Messengers ami orderlies. Special Agents. Deputy
Factory Inspectors, Matrons. Tchchers, Assistant
(CiviD Engineers. Jewelers., RodHieu. Chainmcn. Mod.
ical Internes. Junior Physiciana, Women PhysicianI,
First Assistrnt Physicians. Hospital SnperintendentS,
Statist cisns IN Labor bureau. Apothecares, Architeo
tural Draughtsmen. Engineering Draughtsmen. Ele0e
triral Engine, RS, Assistant Electrical Engine, re- (dy-
namo trndHrsl. Steam Engineers. Assistant steam Rn-
gineers Including trcn'n). Inspectors OF Public
Works, Chemists. Agricultural Department, ButtsF
Experts, MIX Experts, Cheese Experts, Vinegar Ex.
perts.
Persons desiring TO DO examined must ale app'icA-
tionb in the onlce of the commission at least nve days
prior 10 the date OF examination. For further parfio
ular aud application blank, address New York civn
Service Commas. ON. Albany. n Y.
CHARLES u. FOWLER Chief Examiner,
albany, Aus. d, 1907.
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THO .'Deau" or tho VlAtbu.h Hospital Dead.

Nathaniel Baker. who was familiarly known
as Crazy Sandy" died yesterday at tho Flat
bush Hospital, In Brooklyn. He was the dean
mate since 1853.