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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19

Edward M. Reid Has His Daughter Ar
rested for Leaving Home.

Edward M. Reid Has His Daughter Ar
rested for Leaving Home.
Edward n. Reid. q dealer In dry goods, living
at 80 West 1880 street. appeared In the West
Fifty-fourth Street Court yesterday as a COM
plainant against his daughter Margaret, 10
years old. whom he accused Of being in
c~orrigible.
The girl told Magistrate Cornell that her
father had beaten her. and that two weeks ago
he had ordered her out Of the house. together
with her sister Sarah. II years old. She said
she got work as q stenographer for a lawyer in
the Syndicate Building. but after one week her
father forced her to give 1t up and return home.
whore the detective arrested her.
Sarah Reid, a younger sister. said that her
father had treated the children cruelty ever
since the death Of their mother. ten years ago.
She admitted that she had been sent to the
House Of Refuge three years ago on her fathers
complaint.
Cornell how bad his daughters. were to him.
but the Magistrate refused to heal, him. He
and told both sides to have Witnesses on hand.
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Husband ana wies Arrested On DlAsrena
Oharseu end Both DisehsrEed'
Bertram J. parmont and his wife. both hsa
Cross nurses, were arraiRned In the Yorkviiie
Court yesterday on different complaints. OAR
mont said that he and his wife had workeoe e
nurses in the military hospitals OF TAMPA q
Fort Mcpherson. and his wife showed eheok
0 rS00 which, she said. Cen. William Q. Oates
former Governor OF Alabama. gave her TOT
nursing hts son.
When the two nurses returned 70 this city'
ten days ago. they rented furnished room IN
the house Of LAWYER Samuel r. LYMAN OF Sof
East Forty-ninth street. They left there on
Friday. After their departure Lawyer LYMAN
missed a number OF books. valued at SIS and
obtained q warrant for Darmont's arrest 10
was taken to the East Fifty-1rst street station
house and locked up iustns Mrs. Sheer, o dresss
maker. OF 1856 East Forty-eighth street. entered
to secure q warrant for q woman Tor whom hhe
had cashed q worthless check for!$0.7h
why, there she II nov, said mrs. bheera ~
Mrs. Darmont came from the back room AFTER
leaving her husband. Mrs. Darmont was ar
In court Dnrmont denied that no had taken
ne beokS. LAWYER LYMAN TitnSrsM ais SS 2rI
barmont said she had no Intention Of defraud-
ing Mrs. Sheer and would have money In the
bank in o few days. She was. ready. TO settle
then for the check, 10 MnglBtLete WentwoLth
permitted her to do 80. Mrs. Sheer withdreW
the complaint, and the woman was discouraged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
ooM1ussroNHR IL arors 4 RoI
ExeroiBed MIA Authority After WAITING
Twenty Minutes for = Poliosmsn.

Exercised MIA Authority After WAITING
Twenty Minutes for aPolicsmHn.
Police Commissioner Jacob Hess exercised
his authority TO step q street row yesterday
afternoon, after waiting twenty minutes in
vain for a policeman to appear. On the south-
west corner OF Seventh avenue aud Forty-sec-
ond street IL n saloon. around which q moro or
less disorderly crowd generally congreRates on
Sunday afternoons. Next to the saloon Is the
Empire Clothing Company. where Solomon
Bernstein, HIS wife. and Ave grown children
live and deal in secondhand clothes.
All the remembers Of the Bernstein family were
sitting in front OF the shop yesterday afternoon
when one young mar Of q party Of eight or
nine in front o; the saloon began to make in
sultlng remarks to than. One Of the Bernstein
daughters says he had been In the vicinity all
day. and had been growing moro insulting rs
time progressed. At amy rate, things reached
q climax about 3 O'Clock. when the Bernsteins
started to reply to the insults. Blows followed
words, q few stones wero thrown, and q big
crowd soon gathered.
steps OF the Hotel Metropole. across the street.
BE saw the whole occurrence. and began to
i. As the is6t waTed hotter, the comSmaise
eioner grew more uneasy. and at length, whom
His first shouts' and gesticulations at the
fighters were UNDECIDED inthe genera, hubbub.
missioner, and / want all this stopped immedi-
steiy." The crowd heard and grew quiet. The
Just then Policeman Rooney arrived. and the
crowd melted. away quickly. Tho. Commits
sioner turned to Rooney and wanted TO know
was patrolling two beats. and had Just had q
sick case az Thirty-5ixth street. The Commits
sioner said he wanted that particular corner
kept clear, and he went back to the hotel and
telephoned for IN extra policeman. The tele-
phone was in the next precinct. so two men, ar
and one from the West Thirty-sevent street
station.
In, the meantime the young man who. had
started the fight got into more trouble down
the avenue. and Rooney finally arrested him.
He said he was George Blair. "a years old. q
nm
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MADE PRISONERS OF SIX COWS.
An Overzenlous Policeman of the Uptown
District Wishes Now He Hadn't.

An Overzealous Policeman OF the Uptown
District wishes Now He Hadn't.
Policeman Vanhally. Of the West 152d street
station. was standing at 175th street and st.
Nicholas avenue about noon yesterday. when
he saw six COWS straying by the roadside. he
started q search for the owner OF the COWS, but
could find no one to claim them. FinallNho
determined to take the animals to the station
The cows resented his interference with their
grazing. and for some time refused to move in
the direction OF the station. By beating them
with sticks and stones Vanhally finally got
them all started. Two hours later. hot. tired
and dusty. he arrived at the. station. : Leaving
his charges in front Of the house, he entered
and approached Sergt. Reed, who was ehind
I've Just arrested six COWS" he said.
IF to-day wasn't Sunday" said the Sergeant
severely. I'D say you'd been drinking. Whae
dc. ~. XSu mean a, BY talking y g. So ,fSSoHlis sh ..m,.,
can I spess for 5Pe f6 SSms sse'"sa sahnapy' 4heH
sergt. Reed went to the window and looked.
H"SGRoodtordi" he said. What are you going
to do with 'em2 We can't bring EN- in hero.
and there's no one to help yon take them to the
The COWS wandered about contentedly until
S MSp1 %isb PRG abSsFIS ~ W9 s : ANDY snd V9 fps spimsf:
to the pound at iS6th street. It was after 8
O'Clock when Vanhally returned to the station.
and he was nearly exhausted.
III ever I'm ,unlucky enough to, see any
more loose cows" he said. II viii be blinkety.
blankety dashed II 1 don't let 'em alone"
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oBITUARY.

Police Captain William Meakim Of the MadI.
son street station. who had been i'll ten months.
died last night at his. home. 10 West 13Oth
street He was born In Ireland on Sept. IL.
RfsssssaHT e S E butcher. bit gave up hts trade In
appointed on the forae in Febrasr SnH 3 EeS AZ.
1878 and beCSme a Captain on 4pr SfE I. iss II
he was Io1 many years IN charge Of the Null
s SsTrs i stSsie6 S's anS is yves sYS 2s yea1s a at fhs l2Sth
He had been three years In Madison street. He
lSRRUSs e : t S5d %lie 81 bs tive dgr ]. StssITi;v one e tS e
District Attorneys office. w
Lewis L Haupt. who was associated with his
eSSsSs 81 S T6I :Id ten ,b Hsr 1p%x HoypsleDgt1eeri q
y In The SIMPLIFY 9th fs GaS Viva sIS0fks SiisSSd
the Rev, u I. fHiSupStS. pastor Of arso O. eL Sti SSa;
HHep Ess p T Esafs % and I'd; xS Ss p sssiESdSy q 9if IN;
GSmna hR 81 Phql5 Ldss ma Accident Insurance
Henry Inkerman Walker Davis diad on
IIhprsday at 2 private sanitarium At Paterson,
Il 4it Year, nH as wss and S3S eam as q So thls cSaStry Ireland ESsn 1
PSoyl ae Tp nys an Insurance. inspector In New
7 TSsF aaS " lye Al 3 sai Sfsn 6SaT wberS Rb he ,S WAS
the Redeemer. Plainneld.
on Saturday evening. aged 81 Years. Tia Wns
9 member OF the undertaking firm OF HullisR
ner died two years, ago. Mr.. Grams was a
prominent Mason aud amember Of Dnmascus
widow. a married son and q married dauRhter
James y. Smith died at his home. 1925 Madi-
son street, Brooklyn. on Friday, aged 4S years.
he had, been In the employ OF Che BrooEivn
City Railroad Company for twentyeone years'
and az ne une OF his death was superin-
Hved BY q widow and three da1ghters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
GEN. sHAFTER COULDN'T COME
Fog Prevented His Attendance at Mrs
Brice's Entertainment for Him.

Fog Prevented His Attendance at Mrs.
Brice's Entertainment for Him.
NEWPORT. R. l., Sept. 1S.-There was every
expectation that Gen. Shafter and stan would
come from Montauk Point to Newport to-day.
but the weather interfered and a large gather
ing OF cottagers was disappointed. Mrs. Call
vim 8. Brice had arranged to have as her guests
Gen. ShAfter and his stan. which includes Mrs.
Brice's son, Capt. Stewart N. Brice. and had
issued invitations to the cottaRers to meet the
General at her villa. Bieuleau. 1t was to have
been q big affair. many distinguished people
and naval and army officers being invited. But
with the dawn OF day Newport was enveloped
in a dense fog. and as the day wore ON it be-
terfered with.
About noon Mrs. Brice received q message
from her son saying that 1t would be impossi.
BILE to come to Newport on account Of the fox.
A hurried consultation was held, and Mrs.
BFics finally decided to recall the reception in
John Jacob Aston, Mrs: julia Ward Howe, Mrs.
Hermann Oelrichs. Miss Hoffman, Honors
Sanford Beatty. Jesse Brown. ]. Townsend Bur-
den. and Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney Warren.
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MUs1Os POWER pUr TO TEST.
A Hungarian Band Tries to Charm Its Wa!
Past Immigration OmcialS.

A Hungarian Band Tries to Charm Its WAY
Past Immigration OnlcialS.
Strains OF somewhat weird and doleful music
drifted out Of the windows Of the Barge Office
into Battery Park yesterday morning. Strollers
~andloungers along the breezy seawall recog-
nized the tuneful melody Of o Hungarian band
and wondered II Uncle Sam was giving q sacred
concert in the granite building. The band
played nearly half an hour. and the audience
in Battery Park grew to several hundred and
%applauded the invisible orchestra after each
melancholy number.
There was also an audience inside the Barge
01lce. made up Of the Board OF Special Inquiry.
200 immigrants. Lawyer Theron, Davis (repre-
senting the Eden Museel and the counsel for
the Musical Protective Union. The players
were trying TO- prove by an exhibition Of
their skill that they are artists and not con-
tract laborers. They arrived here on Thursday
on the steamship Palatia. and we're to have
appeared at the Eden Musee Just after landing.
They came originally from Budapest.
The Musical Protective Union objected to
their admission on the ground that they are
contract laborers.. They, don't deny that they
are, artists. The opinion Of the Special Board
and the lawyers. who are not musical experts,
10 that they are HunRarians. This confirms
the decision of the folks in Battery Park. The
case will be considered again to-day.
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Funeral of ssrrt. kellogg, battery G.


The funeral services of Sergt. Albert Carle-
ton Kellogg OF Battery o. Seventh United States
Artillery. were held at the house Of his father,
Albert Il. KELLOGG. at 2o5 McDonough street,
Brooklyn. yesterday afternoon. The casket
was draped with an American flag. The Rev. DR..
A. Underhill. rector OF the Protestant Eplsco-
pal Church OF the Goo Shepherd, ofaolated.
The casket was carried to the hearse by six
young men who had been friends of the dead
colder. They were George Todd and Albert
Davis. priyates, In the TWenty-second ReRi-
David Brewer. and Herbert Meyers. The In.
ermen was in Evergreens Cemetery.
served three and q hall. years in the regular
army. and was honorably discharged with the
country and Spain was declared he was in Lon
don. He returned home and reenlisted, and
his command was cent to Porto Rico, He WA
promoted TO the rank Of Sergeant. He con-
tracted typhoid fever. was transferred to PhiIa-
delphia on the hospital ship Relief on Sent /
and died on last Friday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
REID UP 4 A
Three Men Rob the Conductor and q Num-
Der Of Passengers.

Three Men Rob the Conductor and = Num-
Der of Passengers.
CoUNorL BLuFFs. Ia. Sept. 1s.-Throe men
held up q Manawa train returning from the
lake TO Council Bluffs this evening. and Sc
cured what money they could from the con-
ductor and passengers. The robbers boarded
the car at the lake and paid their fare to Coun-
oil Bluffs.
When about half way In they drew revolvers
on Conductor W. O. Morris and ordered him to
throw up his hands. He refused and they fred
at him. He grappled with one OF the men and
anotherstuck the revolver into his face and fired
The ball RraEed the. conductors neck, inficting
q slight WOUND. His face wac badly. burned by
powder. He was overpowered and his pockets
sea5chsd. the robbers getting about $S7.
on the rear seat the other went through the
car. which had few passengers. They robbed
passenger. who came from Omaha, spEang
from the car and escaped into the woods. He is
said to have had a large sum OF. money on. his
person; After, robbing the train the robbers
jumped on n started across the bottoms in
the direction OF Omaha.
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Body Found in tho North River Identified
by an Old License.
Policeman Mccarthy OF the River and Harbor
squad found q mans body yesterday in the
North River. near Pier IA. In one pocket OF the
coat was q dog license issued to Charles +.
Hendrick of the Cosmopolitan Hotel. East
Broadway and Catharine street. on Mays 1897.
At that address 1t was said that the body was
probably that OF Albert Manseau, ~ years old,
Year With Ills Uncle, hendrIck. The latter came
from Fall River. Mass. and was an agent for
machinists' tools.
A week ago yesterday HendrLck died sud-
denly. Manseau was much affected at the
time, and talked of suicide: He left the hotel
on Tuesday. and has not been seen aimee. A
letter found In Manseau's room showed that he
had Q mother living In St. Louis and q sister ut
663 West Thirteenth street. Chicago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
KEPT 4 ROUGH RrDER,s SEQ Bill.
Trooper Martin of Texas Got No Change in
n Bowery Concert Hall.

Trooper Martin of Texas Got No Change in
n Bowery Concert Hall.
Robert L. Martin of Troop A. rough riders.
appeared before Magistrate Simms in the
Centre Street Police Court yesterday to bring
q charge OF larceny against Robert Hunt the
proprietor Of q concert hall at 302 Bowery.
Martins home is at Fort Concho. a small town
on the Yellow Hammer River. In the Panhandle
region of Texas. whore he owns q ranch. He
said that while drinking with a woman called
Flossie Collins In Hunts concert hall he
handed one Of the walters a twenty-dollar bill
to be changed. The waiter did not return with
his money. Martin said. and he reported the
affair to the police.
Detective summers arrested Hunt and the
Collins woman. A watch and o ring valued at
$2S. the property of Martin. were found on
the woman. Hunt denied the charge OF larceny,
but was held in $50 bail for trial.
Martin, l would advise you not to go back
on the BoWery. but to take the first train for
the banks Of the Yellow Hammer" said the
MAGISTRATE.
well. your Honor" said Martin. e. never
was in any place yet that I didn't get back to
some time"
against the Collins woman. declaring that he
had let her take the watch and ring. She was
discharged.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
THE KILLING OF YOUNG O,DAK.
Ostriano, n Suspect, Found Hiding in
Barn Mt Coney Island

Ostr1ano, q Suspect Found Hiding In q
Barn Mt Coney Island.
Frank ostriano. 40 years old. of 10 Carroll
street. was a%rraigned before Magistrate Bristow
in the Butler Street Police Court. Brooklyn.
yesterday. charged with suspicion OF homicide
in connection with the killing of Eugene 'Day.
10 years old. of 81 Carroll street. on Wednes-
day last. Ostriano disappeared Immediately
after the shooting. and the police found him
hiding in q barn on West Fifteenth street.
Coney Island. on Saturday night. 0striano
had with him six punches OF radishes. two
loaves OF rye bread and some macaroni. In
court yesterday he pleaded not guilty and was
ton. Mrs. Emily johnson. who lives on Carroll
street, became. his surety. She gave bonds on
Thursday for Antonio Fusti., who is Ostriano's
homicide. It is alleged by. Ostriano's 16-year-
old son that Antonio C~onzlnello fired the shot
large,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
HAMPTON GOES TO JAIL.
Shot His Brother-in-Law, William Cook,
Who May Die.

Shot His Brother-in-Law, william Cook,
Who May Die.
George Il. Hampton. colored. "a years old. Of
Gravesend Beach Lane. was arraigned before
Magistrate Nostrand In the Coney Island Police
Court yesterday, charged with having shot his
brother-in-law William Cook, ~ years old. on
Saturday afternoon. He was committed to Jail
to await the result OF Cooks injuries. Cook is
in the Kings County Hospital. suffering with
two bullet wounds In the head. II he is strong
enough an operation will be performed to-day,
On Saturday Hampton visited the house Of
Mrs. Charles Brent, on East Fourteenth street,
to see his wife, Sarah. He had "a quarrel with
her. and Cook, who was present, took his sis
ter's part. When Hampton left the house Cook
followed. and when they arrived at Neck road
and Ocean Avenue Cook. II is alleged. attempt
ed to strike Hampton with a stone. Hampton
drew u 3S-callbre revolver apd shot Cook in the
head. Hampton, was arrested and was identi-
fed by Cook as the person who had shot him.
Hampton informed Police Captain, Baldwin
that he was sorry he had shot Cook. " 1t should
have been my wife," he said, AS she was the
cause of 1t ALL"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
HIS BLOW KILLED 4 HORSE.

Timothy Conlin, y Street Railway Watch.
Held for Cruelty to Animals.
Timothy Conlin. "a years old. OF 214 West
Bixty-nrSe street, Q watchman in the employ OF
the Metropolitan Street Railway Company. was
arraigned in the West Fiity-fourth Street Court
yesterday, on . charge Of cruelty to. animals,
street was the complainant.
Conlin ts stationed by the railroad company
ct SiIth avenue and Fiftieth street. MoCloud
nue. car. on Saturday afternoon, and Conlin
ordered him 70 slow upso as TO leave q space
MoCloud paid. no, attention TO the order and
Oonlin struck the horse over the head, with q
On hour later. MaEistrate Cornell held ooniln
In $500 bail for examination.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
CHILD SHOT DEAD BIZ H1s MOTHER.

She Didn't Know the Revolver Was Loadod
Coroner Order Her Arrest.
William Neiss. 8 years old. Of 2o15 Eighth
avenue, was killed by q bullet from o 22-calibre
revolver while he WA eating his supper at his
home last night. His mother told the police
that the child had been playing soldier and she
did not know whore he got the revolver.
She said that in attempting to take the wea-
pom from his pocket the pistol was discharged
and the bullet entered his side. He died In
half an hour.
Coroner Bausch called at the house last night
and heard another story Of the affair. He was
told that the boy's father had bought the pistol
loaded 1t and put 1t away In the cupboard.
Last night a friend called, and Mrs. Neiss got
been loaded By some one since she emntied
It. she aimed 1t at her son and pulled the
Coroner Bausch ordered that Mrs. Neiss be
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A Home for Co~nvaissOent Soldiers.

Miss Craft of Ridgefeld. Conn. called yester-
day at Bellevue Hospital and old superln-
tendent o'Rourke that she had accommodation
at her summer home in BranchHeld for twenty
five or thirty, convalescent soldiers. and that
superintendent o'Rourke gave her three
men, Stephen Hayden OF Company u, Fourth
United States Infantry; LoQie -Krullch, Com
panY ], Ninth New YORK, and Martin Hackett,
Company N, Eighth Ohio. They will 20 to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
Census of the civilized Indian Tribes.

PERRY. Oklahoma. Sept. 19.-The following
estimate OF the number Of citizens OF the civil
lied tribes. exclusive OF the Seminoles, has
been compiled from the record OF the Indian
agents ONCE at Muskogee:
Cherokees by blood. 28,500; Cherokee freed
men. 1000; intermarried, whites. 1900; Della
freedmen. 4,757: Ohickasaw by blood. 1920;
intermarried whites. 31S; Chickasaw freedmen,
ried whites. $50 Choctaw freedmen. 400,
The total membership 9t tribes OF the lndi9n
6S0. With the Seminoles and the non-citizens
the population Of the Indian Territory Is about
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
ARTIST COLLINS DIsCHARGED.
He Promised Magistrate FIammer That He
Would Not Again Attempt Suicide.

He Promised Magistrate FIammer That He
Would Not Again Attempt Suicide.
JOIN @. Collins. the artist. of 172 Blocker
street. who drank lAudanum last Friday after
noon and was taken to st. V~incent's Hospital.
was a~rraigned In Jefferson Market Court yes
terday morning charged with attempted sui
eide. Collins IL q tall. gaunt man. with long
older.
His wife was beside him. In answer to the
and III health were the cause OF her husbands
act, There is no artists fund. she said, to
which he could apply for aid, Collins denied
that he drank the poison Intentionally.
What viii, You do If l let you go2" asked
Magistrate Hammer.
"1dont see much future before me. ;" said the
artist. The best part OF my life is gone. How
ever. I'll try to struggle along. and ! assure
you this will never happen again"
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SOLDIERS AT CoNEr ISLAND.
6eventy-fivo ConValescents FAN in Low
with the BoWery.

Seventy-ivo ConValescents FAN in Love
with the Bowery.
seventy-fve convalescent soldiers in st.
Catharine's Hospital. Williamsburg. most OF
whom belong in the West. enjoyed q trolley
ride to Fort Hamilton yesterday. and later saw
what the Bowery on Coney Island is like. The
men had heard great deal about Uoney Island,
and many Of them after their arrival atthe hos
pital from the camp at Montauk Point ex-
pressed the wish, II they recovered, to be taken
to that resort. The car in which they rode was
decorated and the soldiers marched to It in
nue. and Maujer street to BushwicE avenue and
Grand street, All along the route the soldiers
were cheered. They were, surprised at the
sights in Coney Islands Bowery. and It was
with reluctance they returned to the hospital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
sergt. Nelll. to Be Buried ro.Morrov.

serGt. George P. Nsllis of Troop B. Second
United States Volunteer Cavalry. dice on
Thursday at Jacksonville. Fla. OF typhoid
fever. Hc Was born In Brooklyn 20 years ago.
and up to i've years ago. when he went TO Colo
RADIO, lived with his stepfather, N. Il. Plumb. at
OF the late Major George T. EellIs, who, In the
civil war. was q member Of the Filth New YORK
on nef its way to Brooklyn. S and he Il 1 fnSera f seISId is
will be held ut Mr.. Plumb's nome tomorrow.
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Port CheIter Passenger shed Burned.

PoRr CHESTER. N. Y. Sept. 18.-Fire de-
stroyed four hundred feet OF the east side pas
senRer shed OF the New Haven Railroad at this
station this afternoon. Some children set fire
to rubbish which had accumulated along a
high board fence next to the shed. and In a few
m0mepts the entire fenee, platform and shed
eeved the depot building. the Port Chester
Hotel the 1rvlnetop Hotel aud fOhEs Opera