New-York tribune. [volume], November 09, 1890, Image 20

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UP IN BUSY HARLEM.
f_BOM THE WH1BL OF POLIT1CS TO THE
CALM OT 60C1A.L AFFAJRS.
Tbe pollt'eal atorm baa paased by and a correspond
' Ing oalm raceeeds, bnt both the Harlem RepnbUcan
and the Hamllton Rapnbllcan cluos have plans for
tha wlnter. which, lf carrlod out, as donbtless they
WiU be, will oerve to keep aUve popular lnterest iu tho
toplcs of tbe day. In the meantlme the social elc
otent win aaaert Itoelf. BulMtng operatlonB will con
tlnoe as ot old, and tlie prospects are tliat the real
sjatote market wUi be atrong and ateady lf not remark
OOtyacttve.
Tbe etoverRh aanual meeting of the Board of Man
ofera of the Rew-York Home for Convalescents. No.
480 last Ooa hundred-and-eigbfccnth-st., was held at
thO 0890e OO Mohrtajr morning. Mrs. Bradford Kl.'ode-,
Um tiaaminr. reported recotpts for the year as
01,680 06, 6?9?IdUuras 01.B75 45, aad a balance on
__o6 of 06 48. Tbe eorreapondlng aecretary, Miss
H. D. Nelaon, reoarted that nlneTy-one patlents had
beeo oared for during the year, and acknowledged Uie
reostpt ol rarlouB oontrihntiont-. Tke followlng offlcers
were re-elected: Pre-dent, Mra. W. C. Palmer; flrst
Otoa-fgoaMoat, Mra. Jamea Wood; seeond vloe piwt
-ent, ktra. Alexander Bafl-uan; third vice-pi-ddciit,
Mra- i. R. Fowlor; lecordlng secretarr, Mra. Sara K.
Bourno; 699668)6-?In,g aacretary, Mlss H. D. Nelaon;
9808988?8, Mrs. Bradford Rhodeni. Among others
?969908 at tha meeting wore Mrs. M. McKUmon, Mr*.
Z. L. Ch-uiphn, M>?. J. W. Gulteau. Mrs. John Bell,
Mrs. W-Uam A. Wead, and the Bor. Alexanotr Lewto.
Tho toral oarrdval held by the silver Cross Galld
of tho order of Klng*a Daughter*, which opened at
Opora Houae Hall on Wedneaday and oloaed on Friday
algfet, waa a sucoaatfnl aad attiactlve 999_9??R?068,
ftveo for the baoeflt of the day aursery Just est-b
RabW by tho g-U* at. Ro. UM seeond-ave, Tha
__U wm beauttfulty decorated, the various booths
a?qdsomely arr?ng-i, and IJiore was a great va
rlety of attracUox? to draw money from the pockcts
of all preaent Intareeted ln tho good work which the
gulkt has taken upon itoelf. A apeclal fcature waa a
fine allk flag, whose atars bore the autographs of a large
?amber of prom?teot men of national and local repute.
Among the many women takii_< part ln tho ranilval,
aad to whom lt* aucceaa ?v 1?rgely due, were the fol?
lowlng: Mrs. R. D. oilloUe, Mrs. E. M. Hoagland,
|_os Sepha Smjth, Mlss Emily M. Gillette, Miss Annie
?'. Be-nett, Mlss R. C. Cammack, Mlss J. Fwrts, Mra.
M- L. Baehe, Mra. John Wray, Mr*. J. P. Stoecker, Mrs.
C R Ao-ereon, Mlss O. Anderson, Mra. J. E. Price,
Mlss R. Haendla, Miss A. E. Smuller, Miss Brown, Mlss
Lot-e Leo Ru-ton, Mrs. F. E. Blanchard, Miss Julla
L. 8XUUu. Mrs. A. G. Leberecht, Mrs. M. Slater, Mrs.
Jra Remau Read, Mlss L. Lovts, Mrs. ti. E. Kulm.
Aa haa t?ready been noted, the prlte autograph flag
was wou by tbe Kormal College, Princetou comlng in
0 good seeond.
Tho Harlom Democratlc Club liaa voted to send a
Silver snuff-box to Allan G. Thunnan, of Ohlo, ou the
occaslou of his sevonty seventh birthday.
Debate*. at the Harlem Branch of the Young Men's
C'hristlan Assoclatlon have been arranged as follows:
Koveuiber 15, "Ia the BoUot Reform Law a Sucoessl"
Rovember 22. ? 1* the Rooiproclty Amendment of tlie
Kew Tariff Law Adequate to the Country'a Needs ?"
jx'ovember 89, "Should tlie Negro havo been Frau
oblaed K The reslgnatlon of L. C. Shnej as secretary
01 Uie branch. on account of 111-health, has been re?
celved with great regret by the members of Uie asso
Otatlon.
At tho regular meeting of the Harlem Democratlc
Club. held Weduesday avening. four new members were
Olected.
Tho Twentr-nlnth Precinct Police Station ls draped
tn mournlug, out of respect to Kichard Walker, one of
tbe oMeot uptown polk-emen, who dled at t?t. Luke's
Mospltal on Wednoaday morning. He was forty-seveu
goars old, and had boeu seveuioen years on the force.
A beautiful diaplay of chrysanthemuing bas been
mado by a florlst of Eat-t One- hundred and twenti tifth
at. ln the laat weak.
A new dispensary, ealled the llamilton, has reeently
been opened at No. 370 Weat One-hundied-and-twent*
flfth-at. Several liomoeopathlc medleal nicu of the_,
Weat Slde are the prlnclpal movers ln the eatwfilaan
Lovers of tbe legitlmate drama will uijoy seelnfg
Mane Walnwrlght ln " Twelfth Nlght " at Hamwjfer.
steln'i Harleui Opora House this weefc. /?
The Rutgera CoBege glee club gave a con?,.ert on
Thursday cvenlng. ln Uie autumn course of Jfhtertaln
nients of tho Harlem branch of tho \<fl?__K Men's
ChrlsUan Aasoclation. A large ?udieJifc<6~ wat> preseut.
Colonel E. D. Baker Camp, *_Wfoi Veterans, will
be maatored in to-morrow nlght uk >,-0. i m __*t One
hundred?ad-tweiity ntth-st. _jfl>veral of the camps
througbout tbe clty wUl be-^repreaented at the ex
AiioUier of the adeaiaIIir-maiiu eoncerU of tbe
iTTrfg. yba*AWtiii w-a given last nlght at the elub
_m^0M-l?t>4_sed-and--brty-th[id st. and Flfth-avo.
SerVlcea ln mamory of (luatcvus Adolpbus, the
gre^TajS ? SredanT and ln behalf of St Bartholo
mew'a Bwedlsii MlsBlon Ohuroh, were held at Grace
&h. ta feoat One-hui.d ed-tmd-slxteexith-st., on
-nmi-lav eyenhii:. A brllliaut hlstorical address was
$g?$ STtbe Rev. Dr. Atexamtat Mackay-Smlth.
areMeacon of the Dl<K*?e of Ne* lork.
TRo Eniterpe Choral Society wUl give Its flrst con
cert of the aeaaou at the Cxinirregational Chnrch, One
hlmdred^nd-forty-thlrd-st. and WTlllis-aTe.. on Wedne*
** Ona"?!111-** moat attractive entertatnraents of the
week will be the earnivaJ of natloiia, to be given on
Wednesday, Thuraday, Friday and Saturday sftaBMBl
ind eVcnlngs by the Young Ladles' Soclctv of Pfl
grirn CxmgregaUonal Chureh America, Ru?sla. Chlna,
F^ce; Spaln. Swlttorlaud, Germuny England, Sc^it
landT-rland and othor countries will 86 laattBeolai
by various booths, with tlio nttenrtant* attlrcd ln na
tlonal coetnme.
IN TBE AXXEXED DIS1RICJ.
JWHAT MR: HIE-.NTZ, TtttE NK.W STRKEfTO0MM-&
eiONJiR, BAS BEFORE HIM.
Th* moat warmly eontoatod elecUon known to the
realdenta abova th* Harlero resultod in the success of
the candldate for Streel Commlssloner havlng the Be?
pubiican lndoraament. Ixrals J. Heinta, the chosen
Commlartoner. was opposed by all the resources of
Purroy's organlaatlon. Purroy's workers were well
drllled, and hia "machlne," probably the moat perfeet
blt of pollUcal mechanlsm ln the city. worked smoothly.
He sneooeded ln polllng for his candldate nearly three
4juartei- of the Democratlc vote of the dlstrlct, bnt tho
united votea of Bepnbllcans, County Democrats, and
?ome dlssaUsfled membera of Tammany Hall wero
wifflclent to aecure his defeat. It remains to be seen
now far Mr. Hetnts's electlon will beneiit the com
mnnMy.
Mr. HeinU will hold offlce for slx years, and recclve
an annnal aalary of ?5,000. Ho will have all the
powers now posseased by the-Park CommBsioners ln
relatton to the etreets of the Twenty-third and Twen?
ty -toart- wards, and much addltional power. He will,
however, be dependent on the iioard of Estimat* and
Apporttonment for th* money with which to
make lmprjvements. and the question which ls of most
lmportanoe Juat now to the resldente of the Annexed
Dlstrlct la a. to the ainount of money which Uie Tam?
many Board wUl allow for the opening and raaintaUiUig
of atreets. Tha amounbi heretofore allowed hava been
amall. aiyl strong presaure on the Board of EsUmate
will undoubtedly be nacessary to insure tlie grantlng of
any conslderabte amount.
Sinee the electlon the exultant feelings of Mr.
Hetnta's supporters have found expresalon ln bonflres.
proceasions and serenades hi ho.ior of tne newly elected
eommlaaioner. He was suirounded before elecUon by
men. somo of whom were dlallked by their nelghbors.
and Uieae have t-ied to foxce Uiemaelves to the front
in aU colebraUona of tbe vlctory. If lie is coatrollort
by theae men Mr. Ileinta's career may not be success
foi. Tbe flrst iinportant acUon which will show his
purposes wlU be the namlng of a deputy commisaloner
at B8.&00 a year. who b?Ma offlce at tlie pleasure
of the commlssioner. A Bepubiican may be named
lor this offlce, as most of Mr. Helnt-'s vofes came
from the Hepublicans.
The Yoong Men's ChrlsUan Union, in the snrrcss
ot which a number of entexprislng men are lnterested,
la making good progress with its liigenious plan for
securing a bulldln*. The large fa.r held la-t wlnter
rea-lted ln securtiig Bfl,500 for Uie building fund.
The preaMent of the union bought. over a yoar ago, a
plot of ground 50 feet by 100 feet ln One-luindred
and-t-lrty-elgotri-st. for B-,000. Hc has slur* held
the property aubjeet to aale to the I'nion at Uie prlce
far whloh he booght U, though hc haa m-elved an
oHer of B14.000 from the owner of adjolnlng prop?
erty. The manafers of Uie Unkm desire to erect a
four-story bnlhUng to contain, besld.s rooms f??r the
fnlon, atorea, bowllng alleys, and a large hall, which
may be rented, and from which a conalderable Ineome
would ba receivod. The cost of Uie lot, fau.ld.ng and
fara-mlng wouM be about B65.4J00. The offli?M- w.sh
ta ralaa thla sam of money by a mortgago of Bio.ooo
aad by tasnlng bonds for B-5,000. The bonds are to
pay 4 par cent, but Uie understaodlng ls that they
win ba taken prlncipaUy by persons who are wllling
ta aaatet tba anterprtse wheUier it la or U nol
BaaaetaUy auecoasful. The .?flicer- believe, however,
tbat th_r* ls fall aecerity for the money to be advsnred.
aad they hava planned the building ln such a way Uiat
B ean ba readlly turned Into an offlce building, If
aaoaaiary. Tlie aale of theae bonds ls now golng ou
aaeeaaafatly. The building plannad is henaaoaaa and
wall altuated ln one of Uie maln strecU ot the Twenty
flBtrd Ward.
Th* couaa of lectures arraoged for by Vu> I'nion will
bagtai oa aaxt Priday avealng by * leetore at the Alex
Avaoo* BbbUB i-BBNb by tba __?v, J-*-xv. al
sanders, of tho Central Baptlst Chunh. Other lectr
urea will be given at the building of thevarlotis chureh
organltations belonglng to the union, tmong the lectr
urers being Blshop Pottcr, the Rev. Irs. John Hall,
Lymiiu Abbott and 8. H. Virgln. A selea ot coticerta
will also be given under tho dlrectlon d the offlcers of
tho Union. _
The Eleetlon Dav tournament on he Arlcl Clnb
ground- waa enjoved by a large nuaber of young
people, formlng a large part of the mdlenrc. Tho
courV< are among the best above the ri?r, and will be
furtber Improvcd this fall. Tho games tlth the playeru
of the Fifth A-enue resuited iu a defea for the Ariols
except ln the men's slngles, whleh werewon by H. D.
Lo-nsbury, of the home club. The otler games were
well ooutested. _[ . _
The Morrlsanla wheclmcn, under th command of
George Bninssen, Jr.. took a lone rlde oi eleetloh day.
Leavlng Boston ave. and One-hundrol-and-slxty-sev
onth-st.. thev erosscd to Sevonth-are. and through
Central Park'to Eighth ave. They walled most of tho
wav below Fonrteenth-st. to the Bafcry. took tho
stston Island boat to St. fieorge, and ttence to Totten
vllle, tstaten Island. The return Jourtey was made
pilnetpully after dark. and tho run. cstmatcd at slxty
mllcs, was not eompleted untll 9 :30 p. m.
POLITICAL AND PE1S0NAL.
PDBLIC MEN AND AFFAIRS IX BROOKLYN.
BQHOF^ OF TFfH HLECTI0N-SOM1 .St'RPRI&bNG
RI_W_/rS--LRFHIDY TALKJ.Xf OF THI.
NT.XT CAMPAIGN.
A more eompletc defeat has never tefallcn Rrooklyn
Re-nbllcans than that of last Tuesday If the offletal
eanvaas prove* the eleetlon of W. C. Vallaoe to Con
greaa and Joaeph A-plnall to the Asiembly, as they
confldently declare it will, yet the raiult ahows the
loss of two Members of Assemhly. the Ihcrlff. and two
Bupegvlsora. There will be no clty or ?onnty Republi
can oflleer the roming year. 9900 the County Clerk,
who was elected two years ago, and the four Alder
men and twelve Supervlsors, who turn the mlnorlties
of the Boards to whtch they beloiift. R868SO, Wallaee
and Asptnall will be the only represcntatlvea of the
party in the National and State Lerislaturea. Not
sinoe the Rev. .1. Hyatt Smith defeated fc. B. Ohittendcn
ta the IIId Congress District has It been represented
by a Delfiocrat. and never il068 the recJstrloting of tho
clty by Uie Supervlsors, more than a d>7.en years ago,
has the IXth District sent a Democrat to the A66969?-J.
Tbe Xlth District, where Messrs. Asplnsll and Relnhard
have run so closely, -was twlcc woo by Alfred C. Chapin
for the Democrat*. In tlie Xllth DUrtriet, where
William Watson is snowed under by ?ver 2.000 plu?
rallty, there bas been an alternattai rn the representa
tton betwoen tho two partlos, and M C. Barl, who
was elected last wcek, hats twlee rcpresontcd It before.
Charles J. Kurtli wrested it from him by olghty-sevcn
votes last year. In tlio Sheriff's ofllce there has been
an altcrntition of party reprcscntatlom for several years.
Tho p~i ent Sheriff, Clark D. RJiinehart. ls a Re
pubUcan. and carried the county by 7,002 votes in
1887. la 18*4 Charles B. Farloy, Democrat, beat
Corporal Tanner by 14,223 plurallty. bhcrlff-elect
Oonrtney has carrlod the county by a Jargcr plurallty
than any other oandldato ever voted for by only o?ft'
party. In 1878 the plurallty for Samuel J. TjMcn
waa 18,400, which has always been rog_rded^?_i Iho
lilRh-watcr mark of tlie Dcnioeratic vote. Ibe toUl
vote that year was about 00,000. But Mj' Oo'urtncy'f
plurallty the ofHelal count will show t?> be closc t<
20,000, out of a total vote of abotyf 120,000. Th<
personal popubuity of the randldajro had much to d<
with his enormous success. On/tlie clty tlckct ?M
result was almost as overwjy_fnujij;. Mayor Chapii
carried tlie. eleetlon kud. yfor by 0,012. Controlle.
Jnckson then ran aliead off Mm by 2,003 votes. This
year the latter bcats toft record of last year by ove
8,000, and even Anjafui Weber, who was reRarded a
an unpopular c*jtf_\fr*U' and ran bchitid Mr. JO69O0
by 0,000, yet m__ a comfoitoblc plurallty of 13,00
odd. y'
The ncoJubliiw* General Commlttee will holds it
Noveinbojf meeting on Tuesday cveninK, and an oppoi
ti'V*j8wln be afforded for a careful conslderatlon of th
?dL'iari*n presented In fHce of the results last wock. i
*itn. | and representative commlttee should be ai
poMted to present a plan for atrengthenliig the part
Sfaanliattno A month will bo afforded for the di
cussion and ornsidenition of the subjeet, as it will nc
bc 069898889 to flx the datcs for tlie primaiicA to elet
new members until the lieoomber meeting. as the tim
for elctting tlK.Mii has bten ehungod fioin November >
Dccember. The M18801 Ro must be held between tfc
10th and tlie 20(h of that montli.
The defeat of John Klssel in the IXth Assembly Ds
trtet waa one of tbe most unexpeoted upsete of te
eleetlon. The district eomprl^cs tlw three stronf; _?
publlcan words. the TWrtecnth. Nlnctocnth and te
Twentlcth, which gave President Harrison 2,008 pi
rallty. and in which the Republieans elected Cieogo
Gretzlnger to the Assembly last year by 1.V03 plual
ity. Undor tliesc elrcumstances it was bclleved tbt
almost any one could bc clocted. After a alarp on
test ln the nomlnatlng cortventlon John KLsscl *as
named. He held a pluee in the Navy Yard. andat
once- rOBOJPNi H. but 6 8068-681 was raised as tohis
ellglbllltv on the pround that hc held 6 Federal oice
within one Innidred days of tlie eleetlon. But Ural
advlce declared him clipil.le. Then Uie chav* ***
mado Uiaf he was coTTTTCrted with the llquor tat-taJMr.
Ki'-sel declared that lw had given up th^ councctUnfour
years ago. and that his mother tnanaged the Imlcss
ln which 06 had been ass..ciated with his father. But
the 106088- showed tlmt the license h;id been bed in
his 08889 until August. At this -1989**8 tho :w.nty
llve ehurches in the district, thrOOfh their pOOtM and
leading .. |Rl~. ?nlted B8J6--4 Mr. Kl-sel a-idfcup
poited his opponent. Mr. Suthe.hmd WtOS hy a .rnal
pluralitv. Probably no one was more surprisd a
his 9096999 than Mr. gutherlaiid, who had acepted
the uomlnatton a* a forlorn hooe. Llke A,sembl.?nan
dect Karl, he is a newspaper man, and has hcl im
portant places botti iu Brooklyn and New-York. Ills
newspaper tralnlng should fit him for legtstatlvofunc
tlons.
Now that the contest of 1800 is eloscd at thepolls.
the lleld for UM will bc tOOIOOMd Already tkrc H
tolk of ControUcr Jackson as tho successor of Iayot
Chapin. ln vlcw of his phcnomenal plurallty H9
would probably not docllnc to be co.isldercd fr tho
offlce, provided hc would not have to MW th.u.n
trollershlp until he 880801 b'to Ihe Mayor's ofhc, and
If defeated could contlnuo to hold the placc Oc I now
ln. lf he was elected Mayor w hlle Conti ollcr. hc ?? ow
have the appulntme.it of a successjr ta the l"tlt;,"lu^
to nll the unexplred term. A-jt-88 99- elioldcr ctdlted
with ambition to stop into Mayor Chapln's ^llocs I or
poratlon Counsel Alinet 9. Jenks, who would prfcr to
have the appoititmont of a new Corporatlou Ounscl
rather than to hold tlie offlce himself.
There wa* a largo faBlng ai ln the voto las woelt
trom the reglstration. _??t year. with a regl*rat.on
of 134,306, there was a toUil vote of 124,032, alulliiiR
off of nearlv 8 per confc. The total vote this yar does
not cxceed.l--0.000 out of a reglatratlon < ovct
137,000. a falltng off of more than 12 per 8808
Oonenil satUMctlon Is cxpre?>ed by 866888 dth tho
new mode of casUng their ballots. Con.paratl?ljr few
TMusions found dlfflcalty in pioperly haiidUug th. offlelal
,apers l.andtd to them. Those who did werepcreons
who had not pald attentlon to tho reouireiet.ts o
foldlr.fi only up to the dotted, llne and the noed ol
tolding all ballots separately. The puttinfi __r*f__\
uiion Uie olliclul ballots imzzled some perons aud
tliev put them on the back baataoi uf the. fae of the
ballot, but geiierally there was little dlfflodty <on
siderlng tlie roauy new featui-es of tlw sy.-,tcn. 'iho
abwnce of crowds about the poUlng plates was the
most gratlfying feature.
\ prominent Republban declares that Iu ?me dis?
trict* lf not in BBBORi tlie poll clerks UkiU tie ballot
a voter deslrcd to tust in the same hand wjth tho
balloU he did not wish to vote and by slelgH-of hand
work pUked out Iho Democratic balftt If he voter
was a Uepubllcan and deposltod lt lustcad o: the 99R
intended.
? Bo-ss" McLaughlin put ln the greater par, of Elee?
tlon Day mallll at CRotOO and I'lerrepontsU near
Ihe pollliifi plaee ln his.district, watclung oe Demo?
cratlc booth Rl frent ol the BailBljB Clul. Many
votets paused to chat wltli him.
A dlsplay of the fine 8-8f0660--0-6BI lt tho con
servatory of HB-On Brown. ln I latbu&h, wU \te made
this wock ln aid of the Brooklyn llome for Con
sumptlvos. Mr. Brown has ono of the llnat private
greeiihouses on Long IsUnd, and a great vuricty of
pluiit-, besldcs chrysantfiemums.
<me of Uie intcreated spectators at Repuulcan head
quaricrs on eleetlon nlght wa-. '? Cnch:" Jo*ph lleevo,
the I^i?ubUr-n war-horsc in every pollth al rampalgn.
one of tho, most vcrsutlle men ln tlie cty ls Pro
fessor ltosstter W. ltaymond. He ls cqualt at home
dcliveri:iK a 0 lentlfle 1989886 88 prcsidlni over the
prayer-uieetiiig of l'lymouth Cluui li. He cui exambw
a mlne, or write a novol 68 a pi^m. As an aiglnevr. he
stands at the heud of his profe?siou and bs lltcrary
work ranks deservedly hlgh.
Among tlie persons liiterested ln walUnRfor tlie re
sult of the eleetlon were Patrick Kcady, Uie well
taiowa lawver, and ox I'ostmaster ll.-iuln:. boUi Bf
whom reiiorted the nwults of many elcctloiH ln their
days of newspapcr wtirk. whirh ?inallfled them for the
MtctOM in tlie flelds of law and 800068 whlcl they have
aUalned.
AiiMiug tlio?c preM'i.t ;it Profe-xu- lirycj'-. leciur"
iu tho Academy of Muslc laat week ?m Pre?ldeut
St-tl. Low, J. h. T. btraiialuui, (icueral A. C. li_rn?-~.
Joahna M. Van Cott. Rdward M. ishepurd, Rugene <>.
niaekfnrd. William l'otu, R. R. Bowker arat bt. Clalr
Mc-olwai,
OUR BIG SISTER CITY.
AFFAIRS iTTbROOKLYN.
Plans of National Ouard Men-What is Going on in the Navy Yard
For the Union Leayue Club's Opening-The Week at the
TheAtres-Iten.8 of General Intercst.
PROMINENT PUBLICJ MEJN
GENERAL C T. OHRfcTENSF-s'.
The growth of the irasi, companles of nrooklyn
ln the last l.alf dorcn years IS one of the phenomena
of the advance of the clty toward a metropolltan
buslness aetivltv- The Emohlyn Trust Company
was the ploneer ln Ihe fic d, and for a long Ume
had it cntlrcly to Itaelf. . Tlie serious dlaaster
whirh befell it nearly a score of years ago in Uie
sudden death of l_? pMsldrmt-wliether aceldenlal or
not was never fully determlned-and the Impalrment
of IB revennes rrlppled lt for a tlme, but by the
splendld buslness ablllty of tb. late Rtpley Itopes
public eonfldenoe In lt was lestored, and Its buslness
graCually extendcd untll Its bonds have beeomo
-ICi one cxceptton ahe leader ln the nuu_et of
Iirroklyn securltles, balng (|Uoted at 300, aod last
year lt pald an annual dlvldund oi 18 per cent. The
sutress which has attended It has brought no less
tlun six formldable rivala Into tlie 5eld, tho last of
wlich is Just belng organi-el, but daaptto the efforts
of Uie oUiers to socure buslness, the Brooklyn had
lait year loans nnd dlsconn.s amotinting to B0,6_?.,
2'.3, had cash on hand of Bl51,08<L, and othcr assets
ol B3.P03,*>43, making a total ot resourcea ot
fi4,380,350. The capltal is Sl.OOO.OOO. and
tle surplus $1,200,000. WlV'tlln the year the stocjt has
alvaneed from .'Wl to 500. When Rlpley Ropes, the
rresident for nearly a acorc nf years, dled bv-t sprlng,
t was woiidcred where the mau would be found to
.arry on tbe flnanoes.of Uie company as carefully, con
uiontlously and ably as hc liad done. Uut a lit suc
ce*sor was found ln (tenenal Chrlstcnsen, who lias
shown In the few months lie has been In his n*w
posiUon that be possesses just the qualitlos needed for
tho place., as tl.e stock has steadily advanced slnca
he aasnrued offlce.
GF.XKRA_ C1IRIJTKNSEN.
Ccneral Christian T. Chrlstensca is a type of the
forelgn-born ilUzon wlio fkids in this land the fnllest
scope for his natural abllltle* and the opportunitv
for development which the condiUons In his nativc
country might have hindered lf they had not com
plotelv checked lt. He was born ln Copenhagen.
Denmark, on Jamiary _rt, 1832. At tlie early age of
looi-oen he was set at w<rrk ln a drygoods store at
Elslnore, and remalned Uier* untll 1850 wlion ho
euUgrated and came to this country. He beg_n at
the bottom of the rommerelal ladder wlth Uvo wlne
brokcrage flrm of I>avU ?fc Henilquea. at No. 00 Wall
st., and served as bookkecper and afterward as rashic.
for flve years. He tlien formed a partner
shlp wlth the flrm of Pepmm. Naxoo A
Co., note brokers, and rcnalned ln It untll
tbe war broke ont. Ho then bastened to
glve his servi.es to hia adopted country and formed
a company of fcllow-Scandlnavians. He was mudo
flrst lieutenant, and tl.e compnny was enrollod with
the 1st New-York Volunteers. For gallnntry he was
speedily promotcd, and rose to the rank of brigndier
general before the war rloscd. He took part In sev?
eral notable engagement* from the batMo of Itlg Bethel,
Va.. In 1801, to the stormlnj; of Fort Blak.ly, at
Moblle, Ala.. In 18445.
When tha war endad lie resumed tlie buslness
eareer whirh had been Intoimpted four years lieforo.
He became assoclated wlth tho 11i~n ot sturges. Uennett,
_ Co., coffec Importers, and ln le'KJ he became one of
the flrm of 15. O, Arnold & Co? whloh sueceoded lt.
He remalned connected wlth this house for nlne years
and was then Indiiced to take eharge of the Ncvadu
Hank of S>iii Franrisro, for tlmpi, O'Brlen, Mackay 1
and Fair. Hc had a two years' -ontiact. aud managed
the batdt ln San Francisco for a tlme and afterward
had eharge of tho brancli of It In New-York.
In 1870 he became manager of the banlilng BBBBB
of Drcxel, Morgan &, Co., and was rcgarried during tho
ten yeai-s' he llllod this tvsponslble place as one of
Uio ablest and most tru.tworthy men ln Wall-st. Vast
Baab-BM lntercsts wero reposcd Impllcltly in bis hands
and hc showed that ho had mast-i-ed all Uie inlriraclcs
of tbe BflBBMB of Hnanea. It was wlth much BBfral
that tho flrm parted with lilm when he declded to
accept tho post he now holds in one of the most lm
portant flnanrlal institutlons of tlie metropolltan cir
cuit. His BBBB Judgment, nathc shrewdtiess, knowl
edgo of money matters and wido public aequalntamo
go to flt lilm for a post wbich nx.ui~.-s Uie -skill of a
master tho power to feel Uie m ancial pulsc, an.l tho
ablllty to foresee the future of monetary transactlons,
Ui take advantage of profipcrous lndicatlons and to
BBBBl Impending disastcrs.
Cencral Chrlatensen has held Important public
?Beea. From 1869 io 1870 lie was the Danlsh Con
stil and AcUtig <;h_rge d'AfTalres for his natlve land *
the port of New-York. He was created a Kulght of
tlw Order of BBBBBBBBBJ by the King of Denmark while
ho.dlng this office. In 1?80 he vtw made a lirooklyn
I'ark Commissioiier, and served untll tlie Legislutive
OeaBfldBBBBB, at Uie head of which was 1'resideiit J. 8.
T. MBBBBBBB* was retired to bo succeeded by Commls
sioners appolnted by fhc Mayor. He served as prcsi
BBBt of tbe Bsataa l.?e~B-e a few ycurs ago, aud l.e b
uow vi< e prusldent of the As.soriatian for Improving
the Condltlon of the I'oor, an.l a vlcc-presidont of tlw
Philhannonic Soclety. He lias been a direetor in the
American Kxrhangc Natltmal llank of New-York, ?a
trustee ln the American Mlssimiary Assoclatlon and
Cltaucellor of the Mllltary Order of the I~yal Leglon of
the Cnlted States. In many public and private afrair.
affectinn U.c welfare of 3b adoptwl clty lie has taken a
llvcly lntciest, and has not been sparlng ln time or
money lo further them.
Tlie mllltary rareer of General Christenaen cx
tended over a pcriod of ten yc:.rs, Ho spctit four
of them ln tho army and the other six in the Na
tioual tJourd. Entorlng tho servho of Uie country
with whose fortunc-t he had liecomo idcntlhed as a
flrst lieutenant on Aprll 23, 18B1, a few da>* after
Fort Kumter was flrcd upon, lie was soon made
au aidc-dc-camp lo ticncrul l'heljis nnd afterward to
(?enera! W(m>1. He was also Prorost-Barshal of Nor
folk aud I'ortsmouth, Va., ln 18<:2, witli the rank of
major. In 18(13 hc was made Aaslstaut Adjutant
(iener.il of Uie Depurtmont of tlie K.ist, rmd uio
served iu the offlce of tho Sccretary of War for a tlme.
ln 1?<M he was pniinoted to tlie rank of lleutcnunt
colonel, and mado Asslstant Adjutant-*ienenil of the
Miliiiiry Division of Weat Missl-ilppi. OB July '.'_,
1iM15, he was honorably dl*chargi*d wlih the rank ol
Urevet Urigudlcr-t.cneral. C. fi. V. lu l"7li hc en?
tered the Natioual liuard as major of the l.'lth It*-?i
ment, sii.eecdlng Major H. C King, who lud iMS-ome
Judge- AdviM-ate. Tho sume y?ir hc liecime
llenleiitint colonel, and In .??-?> was put in com
maud af U.e Thlrd Urigado. Ile ucrved as llrlgadicr
(ieneral untll Keptember. IMS. ahen he was put ln
temiKirarv command of tb?? Seeond Dlvlalon, and sersed
unUl May, ln?*-t, when tK-iimal MoUnes.x took eoni
mand, and tieneral Chriatemen returnee u? hia lulgade
and served another year, when :ie reUrrd, to leave
Natlmial Ouard work U ywinpcr n en, He was hl.hly
reirarded by all mllltary men who were n?aoclat?*d
wlth lilm.
Since )-.'.7 Ucnenil Chi'Ut>n?e;i has been a nnin
Ikt of I'lvnioutli (l.i.rr.1. snd he ?as a great adm.rer
and frctid of Mr. Ileerher. Ho hai lieon a deaci.n, aud
a .nistcc, and a member ot the .nnsle commltUM of the
church repnatedly, and a few years ago he served as
elerk. unU. auecMdad By F. C Manvel. htnee Mr.
beechei-a ?eaUi ha ba. apaaea rtrpeatediy at abfrtb
mcctlngs nne social gathcr.ngs. He lertured last wln
ter upon " Hnancc and Wall Street," both ln PlymoiiU.
Church and before tl.e Youni; Men's I'hiUtUn A-BOete
_on. He bas llved for the Bat fnirteen years
ln a tlnc b'lck ho.n-e at Elgi.Ui-avn. iiml I'rcsldcnt-st.,
on Uie Parl shipe, aml was tie ploncer resldcnt In that
region, wh*rc now aro many of tlie tinest homcs in tba
rlty. His house was long eoiisplrinms ln sltiiatlon, but
|t ls now almost hlddcn by others near it. Amonj
them are Ihosc of J. Roger, Maxwoll, tieneral Stewart
_. \Vo?df?rd, Tbbeaaa Adams. Jr., .lan.es llimau and
others wht. liave found out the beanty and deslrabllity
of Ihls reglon.
General Chrlsteneen la a ha.d worker. a ma'i of rcgtilar
haliits, aad possesscs a buuviuit, hopeful temperamen*
He ls devotod to his famiiy, aud apends his lelsu*
tlmo _t V.me, whci-i he has b habit of readl.iK Blon4*_
his wlfe and chlldre.ti. Ile liad lntended to glve nfl_>*?
place w.lh Dirxel, Morgan <t Co. ,when lu: had re8-n!'"
the age of slxty, and lt was a great surprtse t? ''""
when ."te was askeCI to suceed Rlpley Kope* BB tne
head of the Brooklyn Tnist Company. He fl*"^ "_
work .'ar easier and mora en.loyabfe than ln hb lormer
place. According to his *tatement* the r_n,pTiT
make* 30 per cent annnallv. of wMch 10 ls ??m ?* ?Ve
stoekholdors. aod tho rest ls added to t'e sun>.u?
Tlio assets of the comtmnv are hept ln reaflny ???_
rartMe sccurltlt*. ao that If a " rtin" u?_n I' >n!m\\
occur one-half the deposltor. could be r-w ? _?__?_
day. This srate of nftalrs is the sure* preventlve oi
* \t* writcr fonnd OaBBBBl ______*_*? the
other dav bendlng over the ** tlcker. w.iicii
la the pulse of the flnun'lal world. He
|g affable aud eourtcotis lo all and. ln BBBBB OB
hU whltened halr, mustache and Impetlal. hc haa tne
al- of a mnu of middle age w-h many ycais or :ic
tlrity and u>efulness both for the public >t large and
tl-c clrcle of his own Int1iiii.es before lilm.
Last sumnier Oeneml l_taMeoam reefadted hi* ..a
trvc land and was rccelv?1 wlth high bonora. and <i
innmtet Wtl given tb hl*i. <?( whirh ttfljfte ?_
iourt were present. mid M wns treated wlth tho ut
nost distlnction as a na>lc son of Scundimivia.
STREET RAIIAVAY tMFMOTMMMXtm
PLANS FOR TIUF TiXTHN-fflOX OF _?> BROOKLYlV
OT-Y COMl'AiVY'S UUI _BBO0BB01?:
TION' OF A N-rW comp.vny.
Tho Brooklyn City Railroad Company has perfected
his plans for the prnposcd cxtcnslon of Its lines in
?sontl. Ilrooklvn, through Xew-l.'lrechf lo llath and
licnsonhurst, and ronpkxl wlth lt is a new land Im
provement sclmne, whirh will open up the almost
barren tract of country lylng on- tho slope between
Bay tMlBB-T and F.lghty sixlh-st.. from Thlrd-avo.
to Gravesend. The company proposcs to BttabnaB an
clectric road from Kecond-uvc. and Thirty nlnth-st.,
Brooklyn. ln Second ave.. slxty-ilfth-st.. Thlrd-avc..
liay llipBB Thlrtociitli-ave.. an.l Elghty-sixfh
st la Bcn.oihurd, BBBT Twcnty-llfth-ave. At the foot
of Twentv tfth ave. the power station will bc BBtab
Ilsh?d, and a ferry will bo nin from that frmlnal to
Norton's folnt, CoTTcy Island, to connerf wlth BB
eleelilc nad on the Island to all polnts. It ls ex?
peeted thst cars will lie run from licnsonhurst an.l
llath ta :he Thlrty-nlntli-st. ferry in twenty minutcs,
and the fdrry cau be crossed to tho liattcry in twolvo
mlntites
Before the Clty Railroad Company seUlcd upon Its
plans tio Bay Rldgc Park Improvcment Company was
nrganlsed to securo the pror.crfy traverscd by tlie new
route, so far as possiblc. aad if was ineorporated yos
terdat. The capltal is $500,000 and tl.e brBatSM aro
BenJ-mln F. Tracy. Nofih Pavis, Danlel F. LawB,
rroweU H:.1dcn, John J. Afleh, Ellplialct W. Bliss,
(.coipo S. Studwell. P. H. Flynn and W. A. Bohtnd.
The company has securod about :,00 acres in Raf
Hldue-ave.. betwe<;n Thlrd and Fourtcenlh aves. j In
Th.rt'ei:th ave. ftom Bay Bidpe-avc. to Klghty-sixtb
st, and a large tract In F.I-hty-Mxth st., and nearly all
tho piopcrty bounded by TliiHevntl. ntcl Fouct-enth
aves.. Kightv-sixth-st. and May Ridge ave., and on the
opposire sido of n_ia.Bitl.-a-e. it is BuiBeaei ta
oiien all tho cross strects cast and west of Tblrtecntli?
ave, and tlio aveiuBBB between Fort Hamilton avo.
and' Foiirtcenth-ave., and lo luy sewcr und water
plpcs and byiW cottaffes for sale and for persons who
buy lot?. Tho offlce-. of the company will be ln the
Brooklyn Library Building. "It is expeeted to havo
tho clectric road in operation by June 1. 1-01, and
there will be from $.-.00,000 to #1.000,000 expended
upon tbe property insldo of Bn years. As soon as the
Clty Rallroad Company socures the re?juisite authorltv,
lt will intmduce electriclt.v upon Third ave., from
CaenTV-tlfth-st. to Fort Hamilton and do away with
iho steam motor.
GATHEREDABOrTTnE TOWJf.
Edward Hammond. thirty years old. a palnter, of
No. 1.104 De Kalb-ave.. wt- ut work at No. 4.'.1
Cllnton-avc. 8086868-1 afternoon when tlio n-po o( tlio
lw.n;rln(t scaftold broko. HOUOlO. him to tho groond
and fmcturing his sltiill. Ile was taken to the
Homoeopathlc Hospltal.
The new Hamllton Tnist Company has hlrod 0-taes
on the maln floor of tho new Uoal R-talo _-6000gB
Rulldlni: In Montague st., wl ieh will bc ready for 601
ln Fcbruary.
Mlss F.mma Willclnson. the woll-known oontralto
srnger of the Lsfayctte Avomifl ITcsbyterian Churcn, is
danfierou^ly ill.
The polleo tonsus has been lakon ln oOO eleetlon
di<tric(s, and tho work will probably bc comp'cted
next week.
The trlat of Asa R. Watorman for mttrder in the
flrst degrce ln shooting 1-etor Doran 60 April 19, 1800,
i- ,n down for to-monow in tho Court of .Sc-sslons.
A atood of eeaasa arU be araaanlad bf Oreot Post.
t; \ i:.. Iniha Itaoiof atfionl of Um TonpMog Avenoe
pjoaiiROttooal Choaeh, eo Thors-ay erentog ol thla
wock. Ocneral O. 0. Howaid and Dr. R. R. Me.-edlth
will rpeak.
The Rev. .1. C. Price, prc-iilcnt of Uvtafstooo Ool
lego at SalMmrv. 9. C, win 1. de.-tned 008 of tlie mo-t
eloti'uent 80l68Rl nicn In tin; Souih. will s,,eak upo:i
aajeotbara Bdoeottoo" ta Un Oeotrol cont?refiationai
Chnrch tlilsU'veninc.
The Rev. Dr. I.eander T. Chaniberlaln. of tlio 0168860
Avcnue risabihalan fininii, dmtas Hn raport that ho
has any Intcnti.>f BRfflOf tj.o Presbyterlan denoui
iuatlon.
When John Oarney. a ll<|iior 88-tar of No. 848 Myr
He ave went into his 86-01* yo-sto.day OMBB-Of, he
was surprisod to tlnd that all his lOOBt ll.|iiors were
floodlng the tloor. On liivestigation he saw that
thlcve> had broUen into the building and, after lillin-'
<???? liottles. had knockoil out the plugs from the cartS
and let tlu- li<H?oi- run out. A b68 of #100 was 000060.
The Rev. J. Wlnthrop H-fOn60 B-Otaa that In re
mmt from tho PrOORRa Aven.i" Pro>byt"rian Chuvcli
he inteiid.-, to enter tho Piotestant Rfb66#ol Chureh.
TO AilD A fl.t_.tR.
Tlie teachers of Brooklyn hold n meetlnp ye.-terd:iy
morning at the Polyteclinlc lnstltutc to take 80-00
with regard lo tlie bazar and oducatlonal exhlblflon
to bc held at tho Lcnox Lyceum. New-York, from
liecember 10 to _o. by the Teachers* Mutunl Benevolent
\sso<iation. W.ilter li. (iunnlson was elected chair
Jnan and MIs* Mary Klcock secretary. The chalrman
s-ild'lt was prnpo,ed l? ruls #100.000 at 1*8 fair for a
uorniancnt f.ind 86 that no -BBOrrlOg 1(08068 entitled
to an anniiltT would ho refu.scd aid on 666660)1 of la.k
of money. Ile 08f) d Hn 99966088 BB B*f8 all the
asslstaiuc posslble ta tlielr fcOoar-OOB-Ua ta HOBJ
York as he felt s.tio tho Ncw-Yorkers would m000M06
them ln a >linllar moveineiit. Oustav Mraubeiiinuller
und soverul otlici-s, it-prohontlng the New York aa80691
tl.ui. made speerhe* und a- 6886888-66 of 9*9, taotadtag
the chalnnaii, the -cxrotary. Superinfndont W. II.
Maxwell. and COlTta Patt-raoii. wim, appolnted to take
aharao al ti.e Piuailio porl af the hn.
? ? ?
FORMIXO A 99*7 9*99* roXPAXY.
Tho exlstoiu-e, of the (orpoi-a'lon known as the I'nlon
Ferry 0a88f0Rf wa-. terniluatcd ye-t.-itlaf, after a
period of tlitrty-alx years, aud tho new I'nlon Ferry
Couipanv. of New-York and, Urooklyn, t<?>k \\> plare.
066680 87. Quintard, of _H (Julntanl lron W'u.ks, ls
president of tlie new corporatl60, wlih h rci-entlv pnr
chrfsed the property nnd as?otis of rhe old company. In
cludlnif ferry franrhlsc*,. boats. etc., for *3,_M>.000.
Tho 9-088 of the llve ferrli* opcraied will lie put up
Hl OOt-60 on May 1 by Ihe Slnklng Fund OBWOk
ROOOn I" New York, und three BBM?? 869888 tha:
timo an appraisemenl of Uie property will be inaii"
Tlie new company pald Hi per cem of its hid in laf
unober, when the a?aeta ot ibe old couip-uy wore aokl
_ud 88,a8?.otA) ye?turday.
WORK Af THE NAVY YARD.
*m*k OF MORE DOCK ROOM.
THE. NEW C-VlSEtt ADVAXCINO RAPIW-THB_>
PAIRS TO TIIFCHIOAOO-A t** LOT
0p_ JACK TAHfi."
-- ? .--_.? atthc Navy Yard now centree on
The U****?^ Maine and tbe laanching
_?l_r rSSSS of arrangemenU haa been
___ _ _ ,Xting of Captain J. N. Mlller, the
appointed ^"vard f Liet.temrTt-Commander A. D.
H tl Ue an En'ign E. J. Haeeeler, an.l the vessel
r tT irroith The cradles nnd launching waya
1b*MM*^ an<1 *" laUnChlng 9taml 0D ^t
ScreTa Tracy nnd other high ofTlciala will be
a thV ime la ?*inK cwled. The naval dlapntnh
n?:t lespatch to now at the Mbtj'Vard to re
nittin untll after the launching of the Maine, by
onU of Secretary Tracy.
rhe dook room at tl.e Navy Yard .a now pretty
Ja taken up by the varinua veaaela. During
M laat week the old veaael-of-war Quinnebaug
haa been brought back to the yard. The Quinne?
baug was put out of commtoslon aeveral montlis
Bga and condcmned, but haa not yet been aold.
For aeveral wceka the vesael haa been uaed by the
Army to make torpedo experimenta at Willetl a
Point. A few days ago the aloop-of-war Oalena,
which ia alao out of commiselon. was towed
around to tl.e Ordnance Dock and her old guna
were removed. She waa then towed back to the
Ctob Dock. New boUers are now being prepared
in the vard for tbe ahip, and ahe ta eventnally
to ls? repaired and again put into commiesion.
Althougli the intcrest ia now aiBLIBtiaBI on
tl.e Maine. tl.e new cruiser No? 7 steadily Rrow*
and promises to lie liefore many months have
clapsed in the conditlon in which the larger vessel
now is-ready for launching. The work on tlie
cuiser is lieing carried on rnpldly. aml the '-ames
of the hnll and of the armor-deck are being in
closed with the heavy iron platea. The enginea
for the new cruiser No. 8, which la being huilt
nt the Norfolk Navy Yard, and which is the atoter
of the crujaer No. 7, as well aa the engines for
the latter veasel, nre being built at the New-York
yar.l. The laat of the sixtecn cylindcra oT vanous
prcssurcs for these engines la to bc cast at the
foundrv on Tuesdny. Every one of the fifteen
cvlinlcra which have nlready been made was a
perfeet castinff. and if the sixteenth is alao suc
eeaafnL the men who work iu the foundry will
feel proud of their work. Preparationa are now
being made to cast the condensera for these ewrines.
The work on the minor repairs to the Chicago,
the flugship of the White Squadron, still continues.
The decks are being caulked and repaired and some
plumhinK work is heini? done. The work on the
boilers ia not ilnished and the vessel .8 to receive
some new anchor*: There ia nothing new on the
Kunboat YorUtown. and little ls being done on the
cruiser lloston. Some work ia being carried on
in the enninecrlng .lepartment on the latter ves?
sel, while tlie broken crank-shaft to being repaired
iu tbe yard. The work an the water-tight doors
still continueB, nnd the new mounts for the o"
poiinder guns are lieing pvit in poaition. The flres
bare l**en started in the new galley which has
been put on board.
The tests of the Thornycroft boilers on the
torpedo-boat Cushing have l>cen flnished, and yes?
terday the apparatus which was used during the
trial was lieing removed. The vessel is now to
in- painted and once more put in firet-claas con
.lition and will probably soon go to Waahington.
where she may spend the winter. It is aaid that
very goed results were obtained in the trial under
lorced draft, with a steam preasure in the boiler
of SSO pounds and of twelve hours' duration.
Tho water which was fed into the boi' rs was at
Uie teniperatiire of the city mains. Uie avcra-c
consutnpsion of coal for the twelve hours of the
trial was forty-four pounda per hour per aquare
foot of grate aurface, the evaporation being about
BBBBB and onc-half pounds of water for each pound
of coal.
The steel cruiser Dolphin ia now out of the
dry.lock, and the repairs on her are lieing flntolicd.
Her hull above the water-line to being painted.
nnd the work of puttlng in a new electrical plant
is being carried on. The Dolphin was one of
the tlrst of the naval vesacls to be wired. and
since she received her plant mnny improvements
bBBB Iwn miule. The sloop-of-war Yantlc is
now heiiiK painted. and the work to her boilers
us lieing completed.
Some exoitement was caused in the Navy Yard
mi Friday night by the alarm of flrc which was
sountlod abottt 11 :30 o'clock. Tlie flre broke out
i? iho paint-sbop on the spar dcck of the re
.-iving ship Minnosota, and it ls supposcd that
it, was a case of spontaneous combustion among
some Of the ptj-tt in the shop. The tire was
(,?iekly extinguished by tbe men on the ship.
In thO ineantime the ery of tlrc had l??n passed
along the sentry line and the Il9 I0|l00 had
started for tho ship. The oflicera on tlie various
sbips in the yard had seen the smoko. and were
pnparing to protcct thoir own vessels and to
_ive assistance if it were nccessary. 0- some
of the ships the men were brought to fire-quar
tors. Proparations were made to spring the
Vantic, wbieh is moored just ahead of the Min
neootR, out into the channel.
ThO work of clapboarding the sides of the Min?
nosota aud putting a roof over her advances
slowly.
The Rrazilian war vessels Auuidiban and Guana
bara, under the command of Rear-Admirnl llel
thazar do Silveira, wbieh sailcd from Rio Janeiro
60 Oetohff 20, are due to arrive here at any
day. The object of the visit of these two vessels
is to show the nppreeiation of tlie (Jovernment of
lirazil for the emnpliiuent paid by the visit of
Acting Kear-Adiuiral Walker's S<|uadron of Evolu
-00 in Hrazilinn waters last. spring. The visit of
these vesso.ls will give naval exports. and also The
people in general, an opportunity of seeiiig what
??Tho London T-MO* <lesori?K?tl. at the time of
tho eonstruetion of the A(|tildiban, as "in 999*088
of speed. eool endurance and battery power com
blood, ibe most perfectly construeted war-ship
alloat."' Tho A?iuidil>an is tbe flagship. Shc is
a ino'iorn vessel, and was built in England in 1885.
Sho is 8 st.s-l, woud-sheatliiMl aimor-olad, of about
.1,000 tons ilisplacement, carrying eleven inches of
armor at, the wntor-line. nnd ton Inches on the
turrets. Her battery consists ot four N4R6t
l.iooi-b-loadlng Armstrong rifles, four 5 1-2-ton
gURI and liiteen Nordenfeldt cannon. She haa a
gpoed of 15 l-'2 knots. Tlie (iuanabaro ia a
t-ruiser of 1.911 lons displncement. She carries
9 battery of nine 4-inch Whitwortha and a half
ilozen Nonlenfel.lt guns.
Civil Engineer Peter C. Asserson has lieon tem
ponrily dctaehed from the Navy Yard 89 serve
as a menibor of the board to examine the various
plans s.ibiiiittod by the hidders for tlie proposed
timber drjdook to lie construeted at the Naval
BtotlQB at l'ort Royai, S. 0. TI** hids tvere
oponoil la Washington a few days ago, nnd thoae.
rcooived were as follows: Carlos J. Stolhrand,
$:i2?,ooo; .lustin McCarthy, *R41 s.u 15: B. 0.
Paekard, ?471,000; J. E. Slmrwon A (.'o., $497,
819. Tbe last was the company which bullt tlie
litalier drydocks at the New-York and tlie Norfolk
Navy Yards. The sito for the dock ?M aeleoted
several niontl s ajro by a board of which Coin
inodoie N. II. Farqnliar was president. The Act
ot ?!o_?T866 authorizeif the eonstruetion of u " tlm
lior or iloating dock." Tliere has been more or
less complaint regoxdlng the floating doek at
M ire Islantl, nnd as the floating dock taken to
PaOOBOoIo t?0 years 0R6 has been unuaed, a part
oo shore and tho rest in the water. lt was 0011
oluded l>e?t to build a timher dock. Still there
was some hesitancy about askinu for bidB, especi
ally us bullders who were intereated in timl*ei'-'loek
ooiistrui tion said that tbe $500,000 appropriate.l
ns.is iiiadeouate, and eetiiuated that the cost of
one ut l'ort Uoval would lie about $073,000. The
<loi k is to lie 400 feet long aod 181 leet wide.
Tne draught on the slde will lie twenty-alx 1**%,
und there will lie two uiain puuips and one draui
608 punm
Tn-morrow a draft of 1 oi men front tlie reoeiv
.11^ t.iiin Vermont and lorty S4'anieii-upprenti.>es
from tlie Uaiuintf-sbip Minnesota will leave the
Navy Yard in ob-TfO of J.icutonuit A ti. Ilerry
aad eighl other olHoers for the cruiser S-ui Frmi
etaeo, at M..10 Island. Tltev wUl go aeross the
couttoeot on tlie Union Paeille Kaiir.atd, leavmg
here in a speclal tr-ln on the Weat Shwro Railroad.
and are expeeted to reacb Mare Ialand a
from to-day. A guard of marinea from the martne
bnrracks, under command of Eirst LieutenanB
Richard Wallack, will bc on the same t-itln, and
upon tbe arrival of the party at Mare Ialand tbe
offleera, aa well aa the men, will ho aeelgned to
duty on tbe San Franciaco. Thia veaael will ba
put Into commiaaion at once, and ln a few weeka
will probably go to J. pan to be tlie flagahtp of
the Aatottc Squadron, tn relleve tlie Omaha, whlob
veaael will he aent hoi_e for repaira. ihe u?en
are about aa favorable 'ooking a erew aa were
ever aent to a ship. It 1. aaid that about 80 per
cent are native-born Amerlcana, while tbe rest, t#
a man, have declared tbeir intentiofla of hecomlng
cltizena. Many of them came from tbe New-Eng
land coaat, and have been engaged ln morning
and afternoon drilto for aeveral weeka to make
themsclvcs acqualnted with their new dutiea.
The demand for men for the new ahipa, which li
ellll ln excese of the auppiy. haa revived tbe quea
tion among odicera aa to how th? eml*arrasameot
may he relieved. Tiie general opinion seema atru.iglj
favorable to the acheoie proposed by Connnodora
Ifenry Erben?tbat ia, a moving recruitliiK veaaal
to crutoe along the coael and gnther up recruita
and take them to receivingnihipi for inat.ructioo.
In connection with thia it is tlie propoaiflon ta
detail the wooilen veasel Yantie for Uue purpoae.
The Ynntic to now at the Navy Yard, haa reeently
had new Itoilera put into her, and is in exoellent
nondilion for that duty. She to of such a
draught of water tl.at ahe to more capoble for
thla duty than a larger veaael, and most of her
oftlcera have had several years of experience at
sea, and know iuat what the service needa in tba
way of men. If the systeni al.ould. after trtol,
prove effectlve, a superintendent of recruitlng
would be appointed, and the scheme be thoroughly
eqalppad. The Balalflg aquadron would be aa
excellent auxiliary to it, and tlie whole l?e under
the dlrectlon and supervtoion of the Bureau al
TC? Naval Tempcrance Union hekl IU roonMih/
meeting in Sailora' IJbrary Hall. on Cob Dook,
on Wedneadav evenlng, an.l "Jack"* wiws BBB
weleouie as was hia superior ofhoer in BBB
Iie.lecked unifonn: in fhct. the latter, with hia
wife or other relativc, ?ave the sa.Ior every
attention and cmirteay. Tl.e hall waa alao taata
fully deoorated wlth white aud yelloW
chryaanthemutos and trniling ivy. The pro.
granime, after the buaincaa meeting was over,
included vocal aml lnatrumental mwic, recitationa
and short addresses. aa follows: "<>l \iye, m
piano duet, by Miss Blanchc Ells and Henry
Li.sk; voc.?l solos by E. E. filraud Md W
E.iith Masoii. aml recitationa by Edward Amew.
Some of the latter were not hnmoroiis enough for
Jack Tar, but they lausrhed nnd applaudcd with
hands and feet, when Miss Ma*on aanir "A M?a
Just Once Aaain." Among the offlcera present
were Captain S. A. Beardslee and his wife, Lieu
tcnants ''. A. Adams. Kichard T. Molllgao, Natliaa
R. l.'sher. Lucien Elynne and C. 1>. Stearns
Paased Aseistant Engineer C. F. Nagle naa lieen
detnelied from the Navy Yard and ordered to the
Miehigan to relleve Pnssed Assistant Engmeer
R. I. Reid, who has been ordered to duty in con?
nection with the Newark. CbJ-f Enjtincer R. B,
Hine and Pasaeil Assistont Encrlneer E. R. Free
man have been dctached from duty at the Ilela
ware River Iroa Works. at Chester, Pcnn., and
ordered to dutv in New-York. in connection with
preparinjr tho Concord for sea service. Wing Outv
ners Geonrc Hitt.nirer and OhaiBBJ Mor.an have
beon ordered to duty in the ordnance dopartment
at the New-York yard.
i _ i
NEWS FROM THE ARM0RIE8.
STREET-FIBEXG TACTICS DISCESSED.
TWO MnrVAIi IXOTECTIONS THIS WEEK-COBi
MMsfclOVS PiVlM ALBANY.
The 9999 for drill In strectrtlring tarttes pnbllshc4
two weoks ago In The Tribune appears to have uet
many RbRoooI Guardsmcn to thinklng on tho aubjeet.
Investlgatlons show tliat many offlcers belleve 10
tlie ?0hn of sueh tralnlng and krvowiedge of street
formatlon-, worked out by Colonel Austen and (ienerU
lirownell. Tliey aay tlwre has lieen no general use
of tbe-se taetlos Itecaune it was not obligatory to drill
In them and beeause of " the dltltculty to get the au?
thorltles to take hold ?>f a thing tliat was ln a mcaturo
new and had work and study behlnd it." Many offl?
cers agroe with tlie opinion of the Seeond Brlgado
offleetr 6J08091 kvt week to the effeet tliat the ordtnary.
diills enabl.d the offlcers to handle their men witO
precls.T.n and rapidlty and that that waa all that wae
nece-ssary. provldcd the ofhYers were well InstructedJ
others have a -otnewhat dijlcrent thcory as to tho
u-o of a NationaJ C.uard. Ttiey hold that one of IU
objeets is to make men eapable of being offlcers in caso
of sudden need reciuiring the cnllstment of large bodlea
of new mon. Pcrhaps Uih. vicw does not apply Irt
case ol learning to deal with a niob, but lt ls undeniablo
that every sueh drill Inereaae- the effleiency of the citi?
/.en-soldkr by making him more lntelllgeut and gtvtng
him broader views of mllltary sclcnce utterly apart
from the praotkal 909 of the drill Itsclf. Even tho
ollieei-s wiio most strenuously inst-t upon the abillty
of the reglments to meet any sudden call wonM prob?
ably admit that many of their captaln- would for tho
niomcnt be at a loss lf aaked to tell Ju-st what they>
would do ln the regw.n of hlgh luildlngs _od norro-*,
It806ta with who-e ramblings and inhabitartts tliey
wero unfamillar. Not that tlie Natlonal Ouard i* 1108
in the maiii prepared to eope with danger*, for not only
it- 6898668 uut the public admlt that it is, but many
8698616 belleve It might be made more chVient m *???
direetion indcafed,
The annual athletic contest of Company D, 47tl
?609999-, was lield af the armory iu Marey-ave. ot?
November 5. A large nnmb?'r of contests took placo
and 89988 good records were made. ( W, 9. Curtl*. of
tho Now-York Atlilelle Club, was' reforee, and tho
|Blpa wero Ltaooaanot4M66?I J. t?- ***J_ s. J
Cowell and F. \V. Jaus.-e.ti. A nnmber of Natlonal
Gnardsmen from other reglments were present.
Caids of tarttOOtaO are out for tlie dress parade of
tlio -3d Kegiment, and the revlew by Colonel LooroiB
L. I.angdon. of the Cnited *t_tos Army, which l* to
take 89986 at the armory Ui Clermont-ave., on Sattir
day evenlng, November 15. Danclng will follow tiia
review.
R. L. Daus, rhe archltect of the new lTHIi Roptnierrtl
Armory. says tliat 90 work will be done 60 the build?
ing until spring. Ile is ready to advertlse for bldl
a- -oon as Mayor Cliapln approves the papors. Thera
ls no hurry idiout tho advertisenient. Iiowever, as it if
now too lato to do any thing but let the contracU
during the wintor.
AdJuUnt (icneral Porter has forwarded 999999-68808
90 mm* William Cai-y Sanger, of 886 I3th Kegiment:
Major William R. Pettogrew, of tlie 17th Kegiment;
r.ipt-iin Walter R. Willson and ttecood Licutenanl
Cliarles C. Todd, of the 2M Kegiment.
Tho 1.1th Kegiment will ae-einble to morrow cvea
Ing for prellminary Insiiectlon, and on Friday eveniu|
for tlie annual inspcrtion and muster.
Colonel Mlclu 11 ha? ordcred the 14th Kegiment to
assemble on Thnrsdiy an nlng, November 13, for t_f
annual Inopectlon and muster.
li i, aono-noed tbat < oionel ___*_____* __, _8aan
has -uid that he would not n fu-e BbB . onimaiid of tho
mpotod cavaliy troop lf II _ oRjFBd oho. TOOJOg;
alrv trocp. however. Just at pre-etit ls an cxceedlngiy:
^mS^t'S'V^rge E. Libbev will doubtlesa b.
oioeted captaln of Company O. *_}_**** \f___, _Lf_\
the vacaiuy cau-ed by the, re-gnaiion of Major Petta
^niomas C. Davis la- 0690 appointod corporal ol
tho 8-rRegi.ncnt will hold 0 lotot ?_j__^?Z__*
.nni scene 9 ? A DW tu O-Bf* "t the 9908998 ln 9-89R
wii-k ave. on Iv.--.-iiil.or lo. i???im_n_
The annual games of Company 1. 23d RcgimenW
were held last nlght at tlie armory:
lt Is rumored that Captaln Auatln k. Allen. ot' (<m
nanv 1) 7th Reglnienr. will be elected colonel of tho
?Tth Reglment TJlaoe of Colonel Mnorf F. Oar lor.
whwcTreslsnation ls to take effeet 8R November _0.
AT TBE 1'LAYUOUSES.
The new play by Jereme K. Jorome, "The Mal-t?#
of Woodlarrow.- will be pre>eiiU*d this wwk to tho
audlences at the FOtt Theatre. The play. ln wblck
K. II. Sothorn ha- tlio leading port. has been runnhif
slnee Auoist at the l.vceuin Tl.oitn- iu NewYork. It
has been recelved with nmeh favor. and has been seea
by throngs of piviple. The s-ory gives Mr. Sothem
opportunlt.v ta show his capabllltles a- nn actor 10
wrlous drum.itlc situation- u- well as ln wmely.
where his paevlous ?ucce-? has heen won. He ls ?up?
ported lty an altle company. ln which are Rowlaud
liuckstoiic, owen Fawcett, Morton selten, Mrs. Ka46
Pattertoii-Sclien, MUs \ inilnlu Marncd and Ml?* JcnoR
Dunbar. The orlgliuil 9996nRI and effecta will l>6
preseuted wltli the play.
After a week ut Colo.icl Slnn's Tark Theatre, m0m
Erroi" will be pie*eiited by Mln Cora 1-R868 and 9*
.iiinpaiiy at the Leo Avenue Academy of MR?8 89
week. Mls* Taniie.-'s iv.stumea are marvel* of th6
Olt of dress, a>d the play ia set with good aeenary.
aud acocawirles.
>ll-> Maggle MluteU returna to the AmphlaO
Academy this weok. and will appear tu tlve parta
To morrow nlght ?lw will play ?* Faiubon,'' and akR
will rei>cat lt on Baturdfry aftonioon. On Tueaday
nlght aud at tho Vedne*day matlnee ?lie pla>? "Uttlo
RoNfcao," "Ra>?,, will t>e given on \V?,_)i?*day and
Saturday nlght.-. Oo Thursday nlght she will aoj
pcar In - Ixine," <uut on Friday nlght ln - Jane Ryro.
Miss Latua Vdgwlck Colllns will pioao*it htw ao
tertulument. ? Mtrah farhO-, M. A." at the Crtteriptt
llieaire oo Frlduy evonftig. Tt wa? writtou for Mla8
Colllna by Cbortaa lihinnrd. and 1- i. New-Bngnno
rharactor aliolch lu four acu. It coo???> parta 838
eltven peopto, but MI- Collliu- ls heraell tbe aow
perfornmr. lt was flrst preaentad aboul a yaaraoo
at Proctor'8 Twont^-tblrd -traot Thautra, lo h'60*-V68-i