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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
ASSESSORS IN REVOLT.
Those of Tarrytown Refuse to Sign the Roll
and Can't BE Made to Swear to 1t.

Those of Tarrytown Refuse to Sign the Roll
and Can't BE Made to Swear to 1t.
TARRYTowN. N. Y. Nov. 22.-The Assessors
OF the tow OF Mount Pleasant to-day refused
to sign the assessment roll for 1893. There is
no telling where the trouble will end. The
people here feel that they have been greatly
wronged by the courts and are highly indig-
nant. The object OF the boards meeting to-day
was to sign the roll, so that the Collector could
collect the taxes. Counsellor Willard filed out
the oath for the Assessors to sign. and handed
il to Assessor MARGIN. Mr.. Martin refused to
sign it, saying he could not consistently do so.
as he did not believe that William Rockefeller's
property was assessed at full value, In spite OF
the decision OF the court. ]. Hatfield Newman
and Ira Nodine. the other Assessors. also re-
Counsellor Willard was told to notify Super
visor Taylor of the boards action. He will
have to get an order from the court compelling
the members to sign the roll. but he can't com
pei them to swear to IT, and unless they do SO
the roll is void. and the courts will have to
order a new roll prepared. The town is in a
predicament. With S1.S25. 900 taken off the
roll this year. there is no doubt that the rate
will jun up to nearly S14 on n thousand. This
will he u load for the poor property owners to
shoulder. By winning his suit William Rock
efeller will reduce his taxes from about S1S,-
600 to $4,000. The difference will have to be
divided among the poorer owners. John d.
Rockefeller will also win probably. as his case
is In the hands OF the same referee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
george Heyman and the Sol Heymnn Com,
pany Make Temporary Assignments.

George Heyman and the Sol Heymnn Conn
pany Make Temporary Assignments.
george Heyman, manufacturer OF bedding.
eoaches, upholstery and metallic furniture at
iS and lo5 Mott street. made an assignment
yesterday TO NJ, Marley Platzek without prefer
once II is stated that his suspension is only
temporary. Mr.. Platzek puts the total liabili-
ues at about 100000 for merchandise, dis
eounts from banks and loans. and $40. 900 con-
SS aP liabilities. exclusive of the leases now
nons, !! MN Tor business purposes. The assets
nnSa u a large stock OF goods manufactured.
tsSySoanis and real estate, The real estate is es-
~ tITIteua az 100000. and has been transferred
NAM q assignee by Mr.. Heyman. and the only
SrSSl ~ on the New York realty is a mort
slsned or disposed OF to secure any Indebted
ina I'M ahn the stock has been handed over to
t6S sssignee. The internal revenue stamps on
I'm TS.sSghment amounted to SOL,
tp,a"% " neyfnan Company. dealers in furni-
f IA Sfpetts, household goods and bicycles. at
man Wv uo2 Third avenue. made On assign
thsI s.esserday to Isaac Blumenthal. following
TN company. i is said. could not take caro- OF
tai ~ PAPER and George Heyman was also unable
Of tSs vicare ~ IT, George Heyman Ii q brother
busIn.saIe Sol Heyman. who established the
TIA cnnn henry ~Biumenthal is President OF
OH sennapahp' The liabilities are about $780,
Imoent W. assets are, said to exceed that
Be eonti,rh ~ Is expected that the business will
TSSiS I,sl N Richmond, dentist. of. a West
runioss 'nlth street, has filed a petition In bank
w WIN liabilities S6,33l and no assets.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
PrIYnte SnIes.

Samuel Goldsticker has sold to an investor
for Gertrude ". {. Hamilton four lots, look
9S.9. on the southeast corner OF Eleventh ave-
nue. and Twenty-ninth street. This property
formerly belonged to the Robert Ray Hamilton
estate and was leased for a term Of sixty-three
years to the present occupants, Behr Bros. q
Co. who erected a six-story factory on the
property.
two lots on the south side Of Eightieth street
William A. White d Son have sold for William
Rosenzweig to Minnie Moser the four four
story brownstone single flats and stores, each
20x8O. Nos, 2$82, 2ssI, 23s6, and 2Sss Second
avenue. near 122d street, for about $50 900.
Lowenfeld 4 Prayer have bought from the
CadwaladeE estate the front and rear buildings
NJ. yieland and ], Rath have sold tho six
story brisk flats on plot 5Ox7O. Nos. 603 and
O05 sixth street.
4. A. Seitz has bought No. I13 West 12Ist
street. n threo-story dwelling on, lot l7.0xl00
Thomas Lenare has sold 70 4, NJ; Smith the
plot on tho northeast cornero OF Third and Wen
dover avenues. Fve-story flats will be greeted
there.
slawson & Hobbs are reported to have sold a
new private dwelling on lOSth street, near
Riverside Drive. They refuse TO give the de-
tails of the sale.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
woMANs BODY FOUND IN THE SOUND.
1t Is Supposed That She Had Been on n
steamer Passing Whitestone.

1t Is Supposed That She Had Been on n
steamer Passing Whitestone.
A woman's body. which was found on the
shore at Cryder's Point. milestone Landing.
yesterday morning. lay unidentified at Jo-
hams morgue at College Point last night.
The body was found by Eddie Frank. 8years
old. who was out cunning with his father.
Conrad Frank. He went along the shore look
ing for sand worms. while his father hunted
meadow larks,. He found the woman lying
face downward ~
Papa" he called. There's a woman asleep
On . second look he shouted. NO. she's
dead"
He was Immediately despatched to the po-
lice station. ard Patrolmen Arthur Tillman
and George Wilmarth we're sent to the place.
The body appeared to be that of a woman 46
years old. 5 feet 4 inches in height. The eyes
and hair were dark. The hair was slightly
streaked with gray. The woman wore a
black and white checked whist, black skirt,
white and black underskirt. brown cotton
stockings and black cloth CATERS. The third
finger OF. the left hand was encircled by a plain
gold. ring, There were no marks OF violence
on the body or ANYTHING by which 1t could be
identified. The body could have been in the
water but a few hours, as 1t was bleeding from
the mouth when found. The woman must
have fallen or been thrown from a passing
vessel. 1t Is thought.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
rrArnrn nuNrAu,s NEw ronK.
Tho Extension Of the Service Described in
chief Moore's Annual Report.

chief Moore's Annual Report.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.-The dolngs OF the
| Weather Bureau during the fiscal year that
! ended June 80 last are described In the report
of Chief Willis L.. Moore. Tho most impor-
tant step taken was the extension OF tho bu-
reau's field Of operations to include all the
West Indies. the shores OF the Gulf OF Mexico
from Galveston to Campeche Bay, thence
around Yucatan and along the shores OF tho
Caribbean Sea TO Trinidad. Stations manned
by expert observers aud equipped with
the most approved forms OF modern in
struments have been established at Kings
ton, the local Headquarters Of the service
Santiago. st. Thomas. San Domingo. Barba-
dos. Trinidad. Curacao and B~aranquilla. while
arrangements have been made for obtaining
observations from Colon. Merida. in Yucatan.
and Coatzacoalcos. Vera Cruz and Tampico. on
the Mexican coast. Although the protection Of
the United States naval forces was the primary
object In organizing the new service. the step
was a wise one on accountof the strengthening
OF the storm; warning system OF the Gull and
The weather service has been extended in
this country by the establishments OF a climate
to experiments with kites Prof, Moore says.
kite work was prosecuted uninterrpptedly
been, fully eeqSippsd By the Hrst, Week in June.
elevation attained exceeded l.uup. Ieet, were
made during the remainder, Of the month.
Among the many natural obstacles in the
s%truction Of kite wire by electric dis
charges. in the neiEhborhood of an area
q thunderstorms gave some trouble. although.
manner. In one case. with .l2,0O0 feet OF line
out. the kite was struck by lightning, fusinE'
the wire and setting the Kite adrift. Both. the
kite and the, Instrument, that 1t carried were
discovered the second day afterward twenty
miles away. The kite was but little injured
and the clock in the instrument was still run
ming. IL is yet too early to express an opinion
as 70 the value in practical weather forecasting
ofthe observations secured by kites.
Over twenty-three million forecasts were
distributed during the year, exclusive OF those
printed In the daily papers.
"A line of new work recently undertaken by
the bureau is the collection through the
cooperation OF agents and adiusterso OF farmers
mutual insurance associations and many pri-
vate persons OF statistics Of loss Of farm prop
erty. including stock in the fields. by lightning.
The number Of lightning strokes fluctuates
within, rather, large limits year by year; thus
in Michigan there were 316 cases one year and
1.5on the following year. Il is hoped Tint the
statistics collected will in the course of time
enable us to determine the relative frequency
Of lightning stroke throughout the United
States" . ya-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
"IAWLESS" CITY FATHERS.
r. TECDMsEH SHERMAN sAYS THE
FEWER MEETINGS THE BETTER.

Committees Never Do Any Work, He snys-
Tnmrhnny Puts Through n New Resoiu
ton Creating aboard to Codify Building
LawsAMotion to Adjourn Not In Order
Alderman Mccall CTam.l raised an uproal
at tho boards meeting Yesterday by ofrerinG
a resolution that the board which is to draw
up n new code Of building laws be made up o
seven experts in building. a representative o
the CORPORATION Counsel and the Building
| Commissioners OF the b%oroughs. Alderman
Woodward tRep.) jumped to his feet and OK.
claimed: A +"
I'VE have no riGht TO act on such a resolu.
ton. IL deals with a matter that is In com.
1nittee.
Yes" exclaimed Alderman Goodman rep.
jumping to his feet. with n Board OF Alder
dermen willing TO take surreptitiously out Of
committee a matter that is being considered,
II Is no wonder that press and public are
clamorinE to have us legislated out OF ofllce.' -
7 What use Is there for committees" de-
manded Alderman. Folks tCitl III matters re-
ferred to them can be taken out OF their hands
at will. What do we come here and talk for.
anyway 1t looks as though we we're expected
to sit down. be quiet and say Aye when we're
told to-"
Alderman Byrne TAM seconded Mr.. Nc
Calls resolution. Immediately Alderman
tOlhb hlONou W tiuJOuLh.
President Woods declared Alderman Folks
out of order.
Folks insisted that q motion to adjourn was
always In order and called for the question.
while Mccall and his supporters demanded
that their resolution be, voted on. President
Woods was badly ratified. but when Alderman
Mccall jumped q foot In the air and waved
both hands ut him he ordered a r~ollcall on
the Mccall resolution! and paid no attention to
Alderman Folks refused to vote until a reso-
luton 70 excuse him failed to pass. Then he
Alderman Goodman also declined to vote.
and didn't vote. Neither did Alderman James.
The resolution, passed. - to 1,
After this the triumphant Tammany men
some Of the latter threatened. to leave the
room. had q resolution passed prohibiting
d dnr @e% 9hs . trS% leS without the pef ehf@Rsr
tested that the Aldermen "ere fooling
hold special meetings sting on T flTrSieS f in the eh iu.
s s1Sse TO- d9 no q little ,n work; Az srnG5nn Mccall tc hI
gin f1s a. 7:$o 9 oeiocEy In H the even ine session 10 De-
When It came Alderman r. Tecumseh Sher-
mans turn to vote on this proposition, he said:
this lawless body meets the better It is for the
cit Of New York. | vote against all special
D Alderman Sherman also said that the commit
tees TO which matters we're referred never did
any work, and that they shouldn't be allowed
were finally reierred to the COMMITTEES on
Rules.
There were fourteen. motions to adjourn at
on old business for an hour more.
The Council adorted yesterday q resolution
The II fe eifg s 81 haEinF all al as sand ID TSsd% SnS id IN
weather. A resolution offered by Councilman
Christmnn TAM. for the construction of n
the expense OF the New York Central Rail road
was referred to n committee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
rnERE,s no zoPH.AK MILLS.
II the New Yorker Cane Go to n Fire He
Name Goes for Her.

If the New Yorker Can't@Go to n Fire Her
Name Goes for Her.
The freboat New Yorker returned to her
berth at Castle Garden on Monday afternoon.
after an absence of four months to a day. She
was ready for work at 3 O'Clock. She had been
out of commission while UNDERGOING repairs.
which were made for the most part in HoDoken.
While the powerful New Yorker was incapaci-
tated the Zophar Mills took her place at the
Battery. but IL the Zophar Mills had been
named Smith fate couldn't have concealed her
better. As long as a iireboat lay at the Bat
tory berth she was co all intent the New York
or. People pointed to her and said. There's
the big New Yorker In the published ac-
counts of. water front fires for the past four
months the New Yorker has been named as n
factor In the extinguishing forces. when she
has really. been laid up without steam at Ho:
boken. When the big British four-masted
lyn the reports said that the New Yorker re-
duced :the flames. 1t was the Zophar. Mills
that wa there. When the Zophar Mills was
relieved and got back to her regular berth at
Bloomfield street, the fowls Of WestWashington
Market cackled louder than sver and the pet
them in JOY, and Capt. Ray came, to the con
clusion that he had rather be plain Engine 81.
Bloomfield street. N. r." than the Zophar Mills
ut Castle Garden. 80. s
'Eccle ,f'' said the Rrande lame In Caste"
there never was an Eceles.n US
There isn't any Zophar Mills" said the dean
OF the ship news reporters yesterday; as, he
Yorker in ali her majestic power ready for
ntV
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
ELEVATOR FELL; ONE MAN KILLED.
Two Others Injured by the Fall of tho Run
ming Gear on the Car.

Two Others Injured by the Fall of the Run
ming Gear On the Car.
There Is q hand elevator. intended for freight
only. In the flve-story building at Al
Great Jones street. Yesterday three young
men. Benjamin Bernstein of % Pitt street.
Morris Goldstein OF 80 Essex street and
Nathan Ferber OF 800 Delaney street. un-
dertook to go down in the car from Laddon
& weissbord's tailor shop. on the ffth floor.
They rolled a big basket Of clothing into the
elevator and followed. As they pulled the
check rope tho overhead, beam. to which the
car was attached. was jerked from its ~fasten-
ing. the car shot down to the cellar. and the
whole running gear followed. crashing down
upon the heaD OF wreckage under which the
three men lay,
engine house in the block and ambulances
were SUMMONED, Goldstein, had been struck
and crushed by the wheel that fell upon the
ear, He died on the way to 81. XIneent,s Hos;
had a fractured skull. He may possibly. re-
cover. Ferber. whose left ankle was broken.
police to send him to Il hospital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
pR1sox FOR "cArEn KEEPERS.
Judge Newburger Says They Must Be
Driven Out-No More Fines.


Driven Out-No More Fines.
Fannie JaneG. convicted last Friday OF keep
ing adisorderly house at 20 st. Marks place.
where she ran a so-called cafe. which she
afterward removed to Chrystie street. was
sentenced by Judge Newburger in the General
Sessions yesterday to a year in the peniten-
tiary. A number OF east side politicians as
we'll as many keepers of cafes like hers. we're
in the courtroom. Max Hochstein. who is
now running the old music hall at Thirteenth
street and Third avenue, formerly known as
Blanks, was among them. He Is Martin
Engei's right<hand man. In imposing sem
tence Judge SewburRer said:
These cafes. / was informed by an officer
only this morning. exist to the number OF eight
or ten on a single block in the stores and the
upper stories Of houses or tenements occupied
by large numbers of families with children.
They have been Haunting their vice they seem
Of the first principles taught in this country is
that II Is the uuty OF every one so to conduct
himself as not TO prove offensiyeto his neighbor.
| PENDANT to the consideration OF this Court, But
the jury WEI re not informed 81 Az the facts that
trial and conviction OF. this defendant l have
given this subject a great deal Of thought. ]
of the on Police Ole oT Depa arSG OF T''n this ise 'ci a,1
made an Investigation. and as a result OF 1t am
led to say that one can hardly realize that In
exists in the, nelghlborhood IN which this de-
PENDANT conducted her establishment. These
sire to be distinctly understood as saying that.
SO long as preside In this court and any case
Of that kind Is brought before me. no fine will
10 listen to the recital Of the wrongs done to a
hood that was we'll calculated to make any
mans heart bleed. and l propose, in this case
to snd I% maze s Is ai = ssmteRc e5 as Titi aiet t5s otf t6is
kind of nuisance must cease"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
FOLIAGE INJURED BIZ SMOKE
Staten Island Ohicials Endeavoring to Re
move ap Alleged Nuisance.

Staten Island Ontctals E~ndeavortng to he
move, n n Alleged Nuisance.
The Richmond Borough Board at its weekly
meeting held yesterday morning at st. George
discussed the question OF an abatement OF a
nuisance that was brought before the board
some weeks ago. Great volumes Of smoke are
said TO float ncross the Kin Van Kull from the
Stnndari OF works and the Crfnrd Copper Re
Aning Company and rest In nloudsover staten
Island The foliage along the water front is
badly dwarfed and IN some places killed.
The board two weeks ago invited the Com
mon Council OF Bavonne to Join with il in en-
deayorinG TO remedy the evil, and 4 communi-
cation was received at the meeting Yesterday
from Clerk W. c. Hamilton d the Bay9nne
Council asking n committee from the local
board to meet a committee consisting OF three
members Of the Council. the President anu the
Mayor of tho city 10 discuss the subject. The
meeting will take place At 2 9'eaIock next Mon;
Borough Health Department has been In COM
munication with the New Jersey state Board
OF Health In the matter and DR.. John J.. feeny,
Assistant Sanitary SUPERINTENDENT for Rich
mond borough. has been invited to be present
at the conference. ,-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
prEfrKn ELS COME nAck.
Man Accused of LibellinE Martin Engel Re
appears in De Ate.

Man Accused of LibellinE Martin Engel Re-
appears in De Ate.
Pfefer has come back. He is the saloon
keeper who got out a pamphlet against Mar
tin Engel. Enael made q complaint for libel
against him. While the case was on before
Magistrate Hedges, Pfeffer wrote to the Magis-
tate that his witnesses were coerced and that
unless he left the city his life would be In dan
ger. He said that when Tammany, Hall. and
specially Martin EnEel, were shorn Of some
81 their power he would return. No more was
heard OF him and the case was dropped. .
Silver Dollar Smith. Ealf Dollar Smith.
Fiddler Finkelstein. Mccarthy the barkeeper.
Chronicle Dreyfus and High Low Lewey were
standing in front of the bar in Smiths Essex
street saloon yesterday and Smith was talking
Ever since | shot that bulldog everything
has gone wrong" he said. Look at IL! We
BET SsFO S5o pile on b,o Van ;Wye lkb and 80 broke ,ra s;n,l En- n
from my floor and yesterday they go up into
my rooms and Iinch my son Tony's clothes.
II this building fell in now, it would not sur
DO you think the building would, vail in.
Charley asked Korpstein. the undertaken.
eagerly.
There was a commotion in the front OF the
saloon, The door was violently pushed back
and rfefier came in. followed by a crowd of
doc, Its all up. / am going back to the
woods. This is rubbing it 10. This is the last
Sraek; As feel now [ could shake hands with
and Piefler ordered the, drinks. Pieffer then
announced that he had come back ready to
meet any charge against him.
crowd in this district, Now that Roosevelt is
! elected ] believe I'm safe. / bet any man in
NE place q bottle Of wine that I'll never have
o ,Groye what | said about Engel."
g. "PfeGer! Pfeffer! say no MORE said Smith.
Let bygOnes be GO bys."
ffefler said that he had been In Philadelphia
ana milwaukee. Some night next week there
WI be q parade in celebration OF his return.
oil silver Dollars saloon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
NEW enEENponr CHURCH MEMBERS.
Bishop Littlejohn Confirms n NonaEenarian
Sportsman.

GREESpoRT. N. Y. Nov. 22.-Isaac Mcclellan.
the veteran poet-sportsman. who is now In his
ninety-third year. was one Of a class OF
eighteen persons who were confirmed in the
doctrines OF the Episcopal Church at noon to-
The announcement that Mr.. Mcclellan was to
be confirmed attracted a large attendance at
the Holy Trinity Church, The CONFIRMATION
who was assisted by the Rev. Robert Weeks.
pastor OF the church. Nearly all the others in
the confirmation class were young people. Mr..
Mcclellan was a classmate at Henry v. Long
fellow at Bowdoin College; Bishop, LbHejohn,
the Rev. Mr.. Weeks and o small party OF
friends were entertained at luncheon at the
Clark House after the service.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
Department Store Employee Charged with
Theft.

Edward Oswald, q waiter employed in tho
restaurant In Siegel-Cooper Company's store.
was arraiGned in the West Flfty-fourth Street
Police Court yesterday on the charge OF grand
larceny. and his sister. Mrs, Agnes Maher OF
3l5 West TweRty-sixth street. with whom he
lived, was arraigned at the saine time on the
charge Of receiving stolen goods. About S4OO
worth OF table linen and silverware had been
missed from the restaurant, Some Of II was
found inthe wonan's house on West Twenty
whigh she let AZ 40 and 4l2 West Twenty
rIgh II street. Tho prisoners were held In
SI.Ol0 each Dy Magistrate Mott for exanninn-
uon,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
New Buildings.

Plans were filed with tho Department OF
Buildings yesterday for the following new
buildings: ~.
by Emilio. Vigna. owner. for. a slx-story fat
at south side Of Ninety-second street, 50xS7;
by Rosamund 4 .Herter. owners. for three
siS-story flats at 145 to 1873 East Fifty-fourth
street, 33xS9: architect. F. w. Herter: cost.
By Kate. Brown. owner. for a seven-story fat
ut north side OF Ninety-ffth street, % feet east
OF Boulevard. 50x9O: architect. G. Steinmetz:
cost. 10000 .s.- -,
BY Goidstein 4 McDermott, owners. for q
flve-story tenement. 25xSS; architect, s. Gass;
cost. $lS.OOO. - rs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
ELEVATED ENGINE oFF THE TRACK.

Now Rail Not Properly Fastened Caused y
Short blockade on Third Avenue.
The engine of a south-bound Third avenue
elevated train jumped the track yesterday
morning and dragged the oars a distance Of
sixty feet over the ties. The accident occurred
about 100 feet below the Ninety-ninth street
station. A force Of men was at work at this
point repairing the switch. A new piece Of rail
curely fastened to the ties The engines
weight displaced II.
The passengers felt the jar as the engine
struck the ties and were greatly frightened.
None OF them was injured. As soon as the
train was brought to q stop the passengers
was delayed thirty minutes and the engine was
only slightly damaged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
The Old Guards Celebration of Evacuation
Day.

TIE Old Guard. which has planned to parade
in Brooklyn on Evacuation Day-next Friday
has abandoned that project owing to the I'M
settled condition OF the military organizations
in that borough. 1t would have been the first
time that the Guard had ever paraded in
Brooklyn. The projected Brooklyn parade
will be replaced by a formal review of the
guardsmen by Mayor Van Wyck at the City
Hall plaza on Friday afternoon,
The Guard will reach the plaza at l O'Clock.
commanded, by Major S. Ellis, Briggs, The
which is patterned after the famous Old Guard
of Napoleon. consisting OF the tall bearskin
shake. blue coats trimmed with red. and blue
trousers. After the review they will march to
the Battery, raise the, stars and Stripes. and a
turning from the battery. the Old Guard will
go 10 the armory at Broadway and Forty
ninth street. and in the evening will hold the
usual banquet.