Evening star., 1899-03-02
TO TALK EXPANSION
Set Theme for Coming Dinner of
Democratic Club.
BRYAN NOT EXPECTED 10 SPEAK
z
Grandniece Of Aaron Burr in Oes-
titute CIRCUMSTANCES.
GOTHAM NEWS AND GOSSIP
GOTHAM NEWS AND GOSSIP
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

NEW YORK. March !, 1892
1t is said that expansion" will be the
keynote Of the Democratic Clubs Jefferson
dinner at the Metropolitan Opera House
April ID. At special meeting Of the board
of governors it has been decided to make
the guests from the Louisiana purchase
states the guests of honor at the banquet.
These states are Louisiana, Arkansas, Kan
sas, Missouri. Iowa, Nebraska, North Da-
| kota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Minnesota
Montana and part Of Colorado. The dele
gates from these states will sit at the
head table. These delegates win, it is sup
posed, show what the effect of expansion
in the past has been. and from them will
be argued its advantages in the future
Richard Croker is the chairman of the
| committee on invitation. Most of the 1900
members of the club will pay $40 for
dinner ticket. 1t Is said today that William
Jennings Bryan, who Is coming here soon
after the adjournment of Congress, may be
guest at the dinner. but it Is not thought
likely that he will be called upon to talk
about expansion. Bryan, 1t is said, is COM
ing here to meet. such emmbers of Congress
from this state and such leaders as favor
him as a candidate for 1900.
Among those who will be hidden to meet
him will be Elliot Danforth, who ran for
lieutenant governor in November on and
off silver platform; Representative Will
liam Sulzer, whose advancement Mr.
Croker once favored; John c. Sheehan, who
declared for silver as soon as Mr. Croker
declared for gold: and John Brisben Walker,
who has been busy with a silver move
| ment since last year. Mr.. Croker it is
thought. will not be called into eonsulta-
ton. but Senator Edward Murphy is likely
to be one Of those favored.
Grandniece of Aaron Burr INDECENT,
Mrs. Hannah Christian, the grand niece OF
Aaron Burr, has been discovered In this
city, old, helpless and about to be evicted
from her place of residence. Mrs Chris
tan has an old record of her parentage.
1t shows that she one of the children
of John Rtker and Sarah Burr, who were
married in Warwick Orange county, n. Y
in the early part of this century Sarah
Burr. Mrs. Christians mother, was one of
| the eleven children of David Burr, the
farmer brother of Aaron Burr. Mrs.EChris-
tan says her mother told her that the
| reason 'Uncle Aaron challenged Alexander
had Sssa s"f nose Hsn5on aasr
| speech made by the latter in Congress.
When Hamilton waH Hsliged to apologize he
| refused. The old lady grows very ami
| duel.
Mrs Christian has been a widow for
| thirty years. She had three children, all
| Of whom died within the last two years
| leaving her all alonei in the world.
Police Interested in a Bill.
IHell III tHe lower grades Oh the ponce de-
| partment are much exercised over the po-
| lice bill now at Albany, interpreting it as
| giving the commissioner full power to dis
| Miss patrolmen without a hearing. While
| the measure In the form in which it has ap-
peared in print would not seem to give
good ground for this belief. means are
| beiig devised to bring about it's defeat in
| the usual way. Patrolmen will not admit
| that a, fund is being raised, but In an fihdi-
| rect way it is known that the men are
| being sounded TO their willingness to
| '.put up" The sum aimed at is said to be
| $4,000 This is large at first glance, but
| with fully 5000 men to draw on the average
| per man Is not great. One officer, referring
| to the proposed shake down. as police
| collections are styled, says: Only once
| since j have been on the force have ! re-
| fused to contribute to fund. That was
| when one of the higher officials OF the de-
| partment was to be given a house. Today
| | am willing to give $50 as my slare to-
ward the defeat Of the new police bill"
COlOneIcy Offered George Gould.
George Gould will be urged to accept the
| colonelcy of the 7th Regiment of the New
| Jersey National Guard, to succeed Colonel
| Charles Y. Bamford, who has placed his
resignation in the hands of Adjutant Gen.
| eral Stryker. This will be reorganization
| of the guard, made necessary by the fact
that only fragment of the original organ
| ization remains. The large number of the
rank ana hle who went to the front during
| the war with Spain and have been mustered
| out show no disposition to re-enlist in the
guard They went into the United States
| service in the hope of being assigned to
active work in Cuba in the Philippines.
| Instead they were transferred from one
| camp to another in the north and south
and have come home Disguised with mill
! tary life. The plan of General SeWell, who
will probably be promoted to command, is
| to do away with one brigade, which will
enable the entire guard to go into camp
| at Sea Girt each year. instead of one br-
| gade at time as heretofore.
Opening of Golf Season.
The enforced idleness among local golf
! players during the last few weeks will
| give place ON Saturday to renewed activity.
The snow which has covered the links and
prevented the holding of so many important
events has almost entirely disappeared
and Saturday will mark the virtual open
| ing of the spring season. At Lakewood a
| gala time is anticipated, as both the Ocean
County Hunt Club and the Lakewood Golf
Club plan open handicaps, and special eff
forts are to be made to attract a large
| field The Baltusrol Golf Club still has it's
postponed Lincolns birthday event to run
off, and as the trophy known as the win