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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20
ELECTRIC BRAKE STOCK.
Attempt Mt n Curb Sale Fails and Two
Curb Brokers Have Fuss.

An incident yesterday In the trading In the
outside market on the curb In Broad street
was smash in the quotations for the stock Of
the New York Electric Brake and Coupler
Company. Not much has been known about
this stock since II made is appearance on tho
curb three months ago. 1t was then noted
that the orders in 1t were executed by or came
through one or two newly formed outside
brokerage firms.
The price of the stock was run up to SI3 n
share On Tuesday II was quoted at StjS bid
500 asked with a sale reported at $50. one
hundred shares were PUT uu for sale yesterday
by well.known Stock Exchange firm to test
the market for it. IT. was offered down from
$40 to $50 without sale The would be
seller reported that his house had received the
stock from another stock brokerage nrn that
had been carrying 1t on a margin of 20 ner
nerhbdrhood Of So 'a share HSen ''0S' III us
Growing out OF discussion regarding the re-
cent tradinZ in the stock iistlcuffs we're in
broker named Weir. who does business for
various firms. remarked in the hearing Of
it2. TINT Schwed had assisted III the promo.
ton OF the stock on the curb. Schwed called
FF rsrds lar ana T tr mt him on the nose
=, The New lor Electric Brake and Coupler
COMPANY has an office AZ 80 Broad street. the
same Office being tenanted by r. i. Grey Il
Co.. an outside brokerage concern. A young
man was at this office YESTERDAY afternoon.
who said he represented the Coupler COM
lany, hut not Grey Co. Mr.. Grey. he stated.
had been III for a week. His firm had dealt
in the stock on the curb.
The New York Electric Brake and Coupler
COMPANY. said the young man, has not been
concerned in any maniuuation Of it's stock
that may have occurred. The company IL all
right. was organlhei under New Jersey
laws on April 20 last. and has u capital stock OF
SlOOOOOO. II owns patents covering electric
brakes and has a plant AT Ninhe d. Conn. 1t
has had contract! for brakes .penling; though.
! believe. none has been closed, Frank T.
Morrill, has been President Of the company
and A. r. W. Leslie Vice President. ] think.
however there has been a change in the on
Gers. Perhals can tell you about IT to-mor;
row. hlt a SINAI nr3portion OF NE eahlthii
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More wriis to Review Assessments.

Two applications for writS Of c"rtiorari TO
REVIEW a,s"Ssmvnts mad" Icy the Tax Com
m,siOncrs were issued yesterday. Ortavia A.
Moss. as tho owner Of WaUdcks Theatre.
complains that the property has been taxed
S4UO,UOO. whereas the assessment should he
$29O,OO0. She SAYS that she offered evidence
OF her contention to the lay commissioners
but that they refused to hear her.
The stockholders OF the Franklin National
Bank of the city Of New York IN another writ
contend that tho stock has been unJustly
assessed at so cents on the dollar, whereas
the tax should be 80 cents. When tho
assessment was made on tn" second Monday
ut January the directors were nsjdern :
gong into liGuidMlon and they hav" slice
t:uun 50. tn" capiiai hrinl: larg"ly impaired
The ron"y Island J p"k"l tlu' ard ia" Fiat
hush Gn- tompaHv hay" each obtained wit
ui "rrtturarl N IN" SuUr"lUr curt N Bruul Iyn
FIR revision 81 III" tax levy hy III, Board OF
Assessor against their property The JOrkry
cub is as-rsS"l on SS',Hu worth ot captll
stock, and contends that there should BE- NJ
assessment whatever on the stock. The gas
company want the Sl2LUup assessment on IT'S
real estate cut down t. $4,000.
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SCRAPED SIDES IN A BRUSH.
PURITAN AND PECK OF THE SOUND
FLEET GOT 4 BIT roo CLOSE

Tug Interrupted Little Speeding Of tho
Steamboats, off Larchmont-Some Wood
work and n Few Stnnchions Broken on
the Puritan-Nobody Hurt, Few scared.
The steel. twin screw steamboat Richard
Peck OF tho New Haven line bound from New
Haven for this city. and the Fail River side
wheeler Puritan. from Fall River INDUCED in
burst Of spsed Just after the pilots OF the
rival craft sighted each other at dawn yester-
day on Execution Rock, almost opposite
Iarchmont. they were abeam. with about
three quarters of q mile Of water between
them. The Peck was nearer the Westchester
shore. As they entered the East River and the
space between shores narrowed. 'hsy came
closer to each other. Capt. Bayles Davis OF
the Puritan had her helm. With him in the
pilot house were Pilot NJ. D. brighton and two
Quartermasters. Acting Master Robert VI.
Robinson had charge OF the Pack. Capt.
Hardy. who was aboard, is under suspension
for twenty days by order OF the Local Steam
boat Inspectors at New Haven.
According to the REPORTS from both vessels
they we're within biscuits throw OF each
other at the east end OF the narrow channel
leading to He'll Gate few minutes after =
A. NJ Nearly all the passengers on both boats
we're out on deck and were much interested in
what they thought was "A race. The nnNgat-
Ing talent on m, the pnritan say that when , she
nearly abeam. schooner appeared ahead OF
her.
Astern of the schooner was n tug with a tow
Tho Puritan blew one whistle to the tug. in
dicating that she would BASS to the right or
on the port side of the tug which responded
with one whistle. In doing this the Puritan
naturally veered toward the Westrhester shors
What occurred on the Peck Is thus Officially
told by her acting skipper In his report to the
United States Local INSPECTORS Of Steam YES
sells:
The Puritan kept crowding us to the north
ward In shoal water. Seeing that no was
coming very close to uP. | stopped my boat
and put the wheel hard a-port. blew u danger
signal and went back on starboard engine to
throw head away from him. hut he kept
crowding to northward and 1t was imnOssi-
bic to clear him. our guard came In contact
with his loiner work, lust Of his wheel beam"
There was little excitement. but tremen.
dous interest manifested 10y the PASSENGERS
who crowded to the rails OF the boats lust be-
fore the collision. The steel rrow Of the Peck
scrared along the Purituus startOard side,
tearing away a section ot woodwork 30 feet
long and about 10 feet high. all aft of the gang
way. Several iron stanrhOus supporting the
saloon deck were broken. and the huiwarks on
the starbuarh quarter were pressed in. The
Peck was practically undamaged.
The shock on both boats WAS slight. and
they came together so Craualiy anu brof g
away so quickly that nobody had chance to
become panic-stiicken. The MACHINERY Of
neither vessel was Affected, and they went on
their way. The PuritauS repairs will cost
about $1,000. She will not miss trip.
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MANY TRAINSFLOOD-
BREAK ~ BIG MATER NAV AT
WOODLAHN WdSHED orr TRiCkS

TrnHic on the New Haven and Harlem
Railroads Interrupted for Two Hours
The Accident Attributed to Blnst
Fired by Trolley Road Contractors.
The forty -eiRht-inch water main which sup
plies tho district between Woodlawn Cemc-
terry and the Bronx River burst at Woodlnwn
shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
A torrent OF water poured through the break.
and, tearing away the retaining wall for htty
iards. spread on TO the tracks OF the New York.
Now Haven and Hartford and Harlem railroads
with disastrous effect. In few minutes the
ballast under the tracks was washed into the
Bronx River.
A brakeman on a train that passed jus. be-
fore the accident heard the rush OF the water
and was the first to discover what had hap
pensd. At the next signal tower he gave the
alarm. The Bay State express and Shore
Line train on the New Haven road were about
due. and hall dozen local trains on both
roads were coming toward the broken en-
bankment. Tho man In the switch tower
quickly displayed danger signals and tele-
grabbed to the Grand Central Station and to
other signal towers to notify them OF the acci-
dent. In few minutes trains on both roads
were being held IN tho blocks all The way from
Mount. Vernon to Mott Haven.
. The New Haven trains were sent hack to
New Rochelle and came into the city over the
sengers at 18th street. from which place they
took the elevated railroad. Persons who won't
TO the Grand Central station. intending to
travel on sither OF the roads affected were in
formed OF the Interruption In traffic. Many
oil the passengers who were delayed in stalled
trains lett tho cars and sought the nearest
trolley lines or hacks to reach their dsstina.
tiOns.
:, Superintendent J. H.. phyfe Of the Harlem
Railroad soon reached the scene with a wreck
ing crew froiL White Plains His men set TO
work to cut cif tho water. hut found that they
could only do 50 by going to the kensico res
ervoir. nearly fifteen miles away. They man
aged. after some delay to get a telephone mos
sage TO the keener at the reservoir lie i'm
sdiatoly cut Off the main. but it required
nearly the whole orning for the ripe TO be-
come empty. The railroad men, by divcrtng
the stream down Webster avenue, managed
to get one of tho local tracks ba'lastsd. and
shortly after II o'clock the Bay Stute limited,
which had been held up more than two
hours. was Permitted to resume Its iOurnov to
Boston. While the eXpreSs and mail trains
were going over the local track the Dthert tracks
we're being put in con diton for the local trains.
and at O'Clock traffic was fully resumed
The main is believed to have been broken
nv a blast fred 10y contractors who are build.
ing a trolley railroad along the north side Of
Noodlawn Cemetery. This railroad officials
regard-it as.eA.remely fOrtuNatc.that no dam
nEe was done other than the destruction OF
the tracks
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Tho Weather.

Fair weather continued yesterday in all districts,
save for local showers duo to tempcrntUro changes.
in north'rn Indiana. northern O.ip. north IN New
York Texas ArkanSas. Alabama and Geolga. There
was an ar' of low pressure passing OF TO coast II
Maine, u second developing III tne NpItAwes, and =
thrd on the southern California cat Ihgh
pressure covered the central an middle Atlantic
States and the lake REGIONS 1t was growing warmer
in tie Mississippi States. and It was from u to 50
COOLER In the lake regions.
In this city the day fair. with but slight change
in temperature; average humidity ~ per cent wind
westt northwest. average velocity twelve miles an
hour, barometer corrected to read TO sea level at
A. VI. 2e.sN. p. NJ 2a.S2.
The temperature as recorded by tho official Their
monieter and also by TIVE suns Thermometer at the
street level il shown IN the annexed table:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20

W~ll-Known Speakers to Address Them at
Their Anniversary Dinner.

Six hundred insurance men, the agents OF
the Equitable Lie Assurance society. will hold
Il COW -nt,on At the Waldorf Astoria in this
city on July -. ~ and %. to celebrate" the
fOrteth anniversary Of the sOciety's existence.
They will come from all parts of TIA" United
States and Canada Many have won in Il COM
petition the right to represent their districts
Several committees have been appointed TO
entertain the visitors. After the business Of
the Convention has been disposed Of a banquet
will h. given nv the society. At the Waldorf
James W. Alexander. will preside Bishop
Henry c. Potter. Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew
ex-Sccrrtary Cornelius VI. Bliss. Rabbi Schulz
man, John \ Nc, all. /. \. Granrtssi, John r.
Ie"-.r T, wilson and q. L. rarbel have prom:
isnd to deliver al tressrs upon III. commercial
ana philanthropc phases Of the socety's work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20
New Officers for tho Standard DistiIIinG
(Ompamy.

At the annual meeting of the stockholders Of
the Standard DisilIing and Distributing Com
pany, held in Jersey CITY yesterday. tho Board
OF Directors was reduced in number from
fifteen to thirteen. These old directors re-
tired Pembroke Jones, A. q Garretson. Frank
Perrin. Peter T.. Her. Alfred Bevis and NJ. J.
Perry. The other old directors were reelected.
together with these new ones: Edison bradley,
Samuel VI Rice, y. T. ID. HuEgius and Howard
j. ii. CardrHa
At u subsequent meeting Of the new Board of
Directors, held in this city, these officers were
elected: Trosid"nt. George X. sheldon: First
Vice Pres dcnt. Samuel NJ. Rice; second Vice.
president, Samuel Wouiuer; rrcqsurer. James
ccutye Committee-L George Il, sheldon. Sam
u"l NJ Rice. samuel Wooiucr. Edison Bradley.
II. j. NJ. CardeHa, james a. Webb. +. +. q.
Young
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20

He and Other Cottagers Mt Far Rocknway
Oppose n Franchise.

Former MAYOR Thomas +. Gilrny Of New
York. who is spendng the summer season at
Far Rorkaway. whore he has real estate in
terests. is opposed to trolley road in that viii
ngc. He contends TINT Far RockawAy is a ras-
idcntial place and the nNrcsSltv Of a trolley g
not such as might he urged in "A business or
factory town. Many Of 'hr summer cottag rrs
agree with him. and there ~ a strong CNpD-
sitiOn on their part TO the granting Ot a IRAN
chIse to the Ocean Electric Railway Comrany
10 Oparato n trolley road through certain
streets. Resolutions have been adopt-d 10y
properly owners expressing these sentiments.
and they will be sent 10 the Municipal As
sembly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20
G4S WORKS BOUGHT BY NETTNS.
The Millionaire Contractor of Orange In
vests in Havcrhill, Mass.

HAvERHtLL. Mass. July 19.-It was learned
to-day that Thomas Ncvins. tho millionaire
contractor OF Orange. y. j.. has secured an OPP
tion upon the entire gasight plant Of this city.
which is rated az the most fourshing in the
State. The capital stock OF the company con-
sists Of 800 shares of a par value OF 500 each.
and in three years the stockholders have been
receiving 90 per cent dividends annually. The
offer made by Nevins is about $500 per share,
which will bring the total amount Of payment
to about SliOO.OUO.
Mr.. NevinS il an extensive investor in gas
securities and controls number Of plants in
the Middle States. His son. Thomas 4. Nvvins,
Joseph Doyle OF Newark is to tie the manager.
The capacity Of the plant will he increased
largely
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RELEASED FROM QUARANTINE,
The Two Miss Clend"nins Proceed to the
Home of Their Uncle for the Present.

Home of Their ncle for the Present.
Miss Elizabeth Clcndenin and her sister
Helen. the daughters Of the late Major Paul
Clendenin chief surgeon Of Santiago. were re-
leased from quarantine on Swinburne Island
yesterday. They were taken on board the
Government tug Katherine Francesca to tho
foot of West Twenty second street. Thence
they were driven to the stopping place on
Eghty-ifth street OF their uncle. G. L. Glen
denim. whore they await the arrival OF their
stepmother from Santiago. They have not
been informed Of their fathers death. Tho
shock of that news. it was feared. would prove
serious to Miss Helen. who is still weak after
having been sick with the yellow fever since
July 3, when she was seized by the disease on
hoard the humewarl- bound transport Mo-
CI"uan Miss Helen with her sister aud step
mother went to santiago IN May to see her
father. then ensasrd IN cleansing the "ity,,,,-
both insisted on taking care Of the invalid, and
sh" did it ~ spite Of the warnings and rcmon-
syrnccs Of the doctors. she would not leave
the cot on Nwinburne Island. and has remained
~ her sister sdc ever since. Their father
form either Of their loss. Mrs Clendenin. who
is only o. enough t" b" an elder sister of her
New York in a day or two. She remained with
her husband Al Santiago after he had e"nt his
MAJOR three years ago. Her father Il, Henry
) OsGooi. ; for Il numn"r OF wears in
thhrEt NJ m" NN''Si~ "hce department tl t'le
army a. Boston. and ar Santiago Immediately
attrr tn" war Her bother was Dana VIM
chester Osg ni. who left Pennsylvania i'nivrr-
sl'y to Join til" Cuban Army. and lost his life
fighting. Major tleud"nin WAS on his way
from Key West. headed for Havana harhor.
with his hospital corps an hour after the Maine
blew up.
As soon as Mrs. Crndcnin joins the sisters
the three will proceed 10 their home at Pitts
field. Mass in the brrk shire Hills
Mrs tlenduuin arrived from Santiago last
might on IN" United states TRANSPORT McPhcr-
son. which is III quarantine.
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SALOON PUT OFT or BUSINESS.
Fire Interrupted the "Continuous Usen
Kequired by the Stntute.

motion OF Levi l.. kessler as a citizen to
revoke tho liquor tax certificate given to Pat
rick Cashin Tor the premises $50 Sixth avenue
On the ground that the petition for it falsely
stated that the premises had been continuous
ly conducted as a saloon since March %. 1895.
has been granted by Justice Russell of the SUI
IRENE Court. In a residential n"ighborhood.
unless PROMISES were used for saloon on
March %. 1886. ar applicant must get the con-
sent Of tWO-thrdS of I'll" residents within 900
feet 81 his premises to get IA liquor tax rrrt,;i-
cate. The premises in suit were used As Il ~n-
loon on that date. but IN January last the build
ing was badly damaged 10y fire Rebuilding
was promptly begun. and the place was again
in shape Tor use as saloon three months later.
II was because OF the thre" months in which it
could not lie continuously used that it was
urged that no license could he issued to Cashin
unless. as on new Application. he procured
the consents Of twO-thirdS OF the residents
within the 200 feet. The Court sage this con-
trntlOn is correct
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20

Siebert and Sayles Decide That They Didn't
Ask for Enough.

FIX Police Captain Sehert and e1-Aldcrman
Henry H. Sayles. who hav" filed claims against
the city under tho Ahearn law. have d"ci!cd
that they didn't ask for enough At first and have
increased therdcmands S"bcrt asked for Sl5-
UOUOri-inaily; now he wants 81 900. SnyieS
wanted $4,000 when he filed his claim Now
he says his expenses were $1,000. Thes" al
man H. &. Waiinsley- $40; ". II. Hart. n Fire
Department clerk. 90: Assistant Foreman
1914 80; eX-Aldcrman Charles Dempsey OF
the Doodle Board $4,000; Timothy J. Ormsby.
S2,5O0 Tho total OF claims flied to date is
SpSl 1877 81
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20

Takes n Hand in Street-Cnr Dispute Over
u Child's Age md Is Arrestch.


William i. Doll. who brought himself into
notice by insisting on his right to ride a bcy
Gle on the Speedway. was riding on an Eighth
avenue car last night when n woman with three
children got in at 18th street and gave the
conductor quarter from which he returned
her 10 cents change. She denandol 20 cents
4 dispute arose over the ar" of the biggest
child. Doll took hand in 1t and advised her
to ring up an extra fare. The fare was rung
up, and inspector Kent who was on the car
said that DOH rang it and got Policeman
Shavne to arrest him.
At the West 10th stroot station Lawyer
Frank Moss furnished 5000 bail for Doll. the
charge against him being dsorL"ry conduct
Doll told IN" reporters that eleven policemen
followed him to the station.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20

We never yield the palm to
Europe without a struggle; but
fairly beaten, we acknowledge
the beat frankly.
Europe beats us in making
mems fancy half.hose.
But there's an objection to
buying in Europe-ditliculty in
duplicating.
Result: odds and ends.
$50 dozen mems SO and IS
cent fancy half.hose; this seasons
colors and patterns; guaranteed
and our name is behind the
guarantee.
% cents.
ROGERS, PET e Co.
$50 Hroadway cor. Leonard.
brp Rroadwtv cor Prince.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20

The Prairie Takes Them on Their Annual
Practice Voyage.

The Battalion OF the Fast. Naval Militia Of
New Jersey. which has its headquarters on tho
old sloop-of-war Portsmouth. lying at the foot
Of Fourth street. lloboken. went on its annual
cruise yesterday on tho converted cruiser
Prairie. The battalion was accompanied by
two divisions of the Battnlion Of the West.
made up OF men from Camden and Haddon-
field IL. The divisions from the Battalion Of
the West arrived IN Hoboken on Tuesday and
spent the night on board the Portsmouth.
At O'Clock yesterday morning the Prairie
anchored oil fourteenth street. Hohoken. and
thc reserves numbering 2!2 men and officers.
boarded her in small boats. few minutes
later she steamed away.
he reserves will he taken along the New
England coast. returning hy way Of Long
island sound. II is expected that they will be
back III Hobokeu On July 81 Can't Mckenzie
is in command Of tn" Prairie. A skeleton
crew from the navy was detailed tn n" FRA rio.
10 that tn" reserve, would not be obliged to
do cUaliug and other dirty work.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20
LOST MONEY AND LOVER.


Marie SaJtos, pastry cook, had Adolph Lip
schultz arrested yesterday on an order OF JUS
tee O'Dwyer of the CITY Court in an action to
recover $1,000 for breach Of promise OF mar
riaGe. TIL" complainant says that a year ago
she and the defendant made an agreement to
marry ana open n restaurant. he to manage ii
and she to make Tia" fancy PASTRY On the
strength Of the arrangement abe says. she ad-
NHn"el him 5000 to sci he restaurant scheme
hfDOt, but the money went to buy Iipschutz a
watch and lpwrIrv. Lately she learned that he
has been paving attention to another woman,
who is not a cook. and that they are engaged
to he married.
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Title to Attached Bonds in Dispute.

Under the attachment against the MiddleseX
County Bank of Perth Amhoy. obtained on
July IA by the National Park Bank. Deputy
Sheriff Mcguire levied on S.. 900 worth OF
Norris and Essex Railroad per cent. bonds.
Tn" Perth AmbOy Savings Institution noti-
fled the sheriff yesterday that these bonds
belonged to it. The title to them will proba-
bly, have to lie passed upon nv a jury.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20

Decision That Disembodicd Spirits Cannot
BE Mnterialized by Human Means.

LINCOLN. Neb, July lN-The first known Ju-
dicial determination that disemboded spirits
cannot he materialized by human means was
made by United States Commissioner Billings
ly to-day. who decided that it was i'm possible.
The state SpritualistS' Association Is holding
n campmeetng here. 1t contracted to pay d.
j. Moran of san Francisco $40 for the appear
ance here ri his two sons as mediums. When
Moran reached here he insisted upon pub
!ishCd statement that tho children were not
fakes. This was declined. aud he refused to
allow tho children to give sGaucPs.
II" wa then arrested for using the malls to
defraud. President Maddug of the society
post 'vrly sWore that disemb bodied spirits could
not 80 sure. The defendants attorney moved
TO dismiss the case on the grounds that, as a
legal proposition. a man cannot be held for re-
fusinG to DO that which cannot be done. and
tho court sustained the motion and discharged
Moran
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-20

First of Series of Social Meetings to To
Followed by Religious services.

j u %
Followed by Religious services.
meeting OF the recently organized Actors
Church Alliance was held last night in st.
Chrysostom'S GuiI rooms. at Thirty-nlnth
street and Seventh avenue. The meeting was
entirely social in character. Addresses were
made by number u c,crgymcr. including
Canon Knowles AMI the Row. 7. II Sim. vicar
Of 81. Ihrysostom's The theatrical folks. in
Guiding T. +, Nnckav Miss lo,a Rand. Mrs.
W Il. Jones, Alfred Fisher and Albert Dstwyn.
contributed ori. inaI Poems, ro"'tatGns and
SuUgS. Later ~ 'h' evening there Was dancing
1t il tn" ir'nut!on of the alliance tp hold
social meetings on"" month in the summer
and rr,IG'.I- services equally often in the
winter The first rel gi2us service will be held
in 81. thtsu-tpms church on Oct, 10 The
scrl ir-- Wi. %" hold in churches Of al dcnomi-
nations. as IT." alliance - nOg-sCctariun.
In the ahsrnc" oil Bishop Potter. the Presi-
dent of III" alliance. Waiter T. Bentley. the
Secretary Of the society. presided over last
nights meeting.