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?t?o will undoubtedly discharge their public duties
like their immediate predecessors. Consequently. 1
?rant to see tried the experiment of honest govern?
ment for all of the city of Brooklyn, believing.
S riven a fair trial, we shall all be gratified and
?uiprlsed at lie progress made, and 1 believe when
the two year? are over, consolidation with New
Tork will not be thought of. In any event, it would
be only right to allow a decisive vote to be taken
on the question "
NOT YET TIMK POR THK WEODINO.
faaeral .lohn II. Woodward, a former president of
Ihe Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, ?nd wed
known in business circles, said:
The .mie has not yet come for consolidation. In
time Brooklyn and New-York. 1 think, will be under
,,ne municipal government, but it ought not to be
until there la a decided preponderance of sentiment
jn fa ver of It. The only thing attractive about the
prop, sit ion is the assertion by the coneolldatlonleta
fhat taxation would be reduced, it apparently would.
t,ut t am afraid that when It came to making terms
with New-York, our monda across the Brida? would
not agree to give what w? would want. The bald
?roposltlon of consolidation l am opposed to When
en?- comes to .is): whether consolidation w.mid'gl'.e
us lower taxes and better government, the consolida?
tion*! Is not at present abb- to ?iemonstiate that
we i ! ' nn>' euch boons in return for tin
gurrender of our name nnd autonom)
U'l'o'iM WOULD Bl AN IMPOSSIBILITY.
Henry Heats, ex-prealdeal of t1'.- Cotton Kx
skeage, and a wett-kaowa Democrat, is a pre
nonncd anti-cons.did.?tlonlat !I. sad:
l am epaossd to consolidation, because i fail t.?
?ere w? would gau. a single thing, while
I am morallv certain that if we w.re one
lied up with New-York, municipal reform would
be practically an Impossibility. Th? ruling
J..IWCI- won!! unmlstakal lj drift over to New-York
and stay there. In facl I am afraid ii would drift
ti the neighborhood of Pourteenth-at, and ?tick faat
for year? to come I don't believe that the eltlxem
.klvn regarded the vote on consolida ?ion. two
yean ago, a? ? practical flnalit) As s mattet >.f
fact. 1 ?nou ihey did not ? was looked upon a
s express of sentiment in order to get
as to what course to ink.- In the futura \?
to lowering our taxes, that'? all rubbish, New-York
would h?vi ':..? common Council, the Board of ?s?
end no doubt a mayor more In svmpathv
v tii New-York affairs than with 'huse in lit noklvii
?:i tins commanding position it Is or> ?sense to ? ?peel
?mat New-York property owner? would allow their
eeentatlve? to shoulder upon tli.-m burdens
which now b-lo-g on this side ol the Bridge They
stand) wdnW not do it Tbe apiri! of rali pla) In
j ngency would lie lost sight of. Relative
to ihe .'--??? ?'? ..f the consolidation!?!? that b<
. , ? Brooklynitaa i..i-. offices and do business In
\ ??' York, annexation I? logical, il can a-- logirally
b- ?a .i that Morrlatoa n, Bloorafield and Ihe Oranges
should be annexed. Probably a majorU) ,.? tne ?u
la'i tant? ol these -.laces do business In New-York
.... iet, i iwever. i haven't heard much about an
\ew-Jers. > towns mid cities. They will be
: ? govern themselves happily and successfully
- vote on th.- ?lins-.i,n would show a great
v of tin- people oi Brooklyn against con
? .on.
HOW AN INSURANCE MAN LOOK! AT IT
Charlea H. Dutcber, a well-known Republican,
gad secretary of the dontlnental Insurance com?
pany, said:
So, i don t tiiink thai consoildstlon would have a
ben?fica! effect on tin- retail business of Brooklyn
Brooklyn is metroitolltan and people com? here
from New-York to buy In our stores. I don't think
be much political lealouey and faction
, ftet consolidation, but l think Brooklyn
? * I"" i" sii.-h ? position of Inferiority and
polltlcslly, us to make i hardly worth
while for its ?elf-respecting citlsena to vote ' This bj
a city of homes. Tlier.- is a larger proportion of
home-owner? In Rrooklvn thnn there Is in New
." I. consequently, a larger proportion of
Intel.lgent, ?elf-reapectlng citlsena to make good
- without reflecting unjustly upon the
tiaens of New-York. I am free to sav that
th.- Illiterate class in thai city is vastly greater In
rtion than in Brooklyn. Having had ODDor
as n Republican during tbe last lew v?ar? of
ng the course of the reform movement In the
: can party: re.iob in? in the resull which was
attalr.e<i in the election of Mayor Schieren and
th? attendant benefits resulting therefrom to the
i ty, ' think it w-ooid be a great disaster to the
? Republicanism if it were ?wallowed en
a good already obtained nullified bv union
with New-York City. It would be verv dishearten?
ing to the- best Republicans <>f Brooklyn if ., i;,
publican Legislature should pul us under the feet
rf the .vu Influenc?e dominant in New-York
IN BROOKLYN ARMORIES.
What is going on i>: the second
BRIGADE.
?TH.t. ?P C To RAVE IT-' i N1FOR1I IM A RHORT TIMK
-OTHER ITEMS of INTEREST.
It is expected tha' by January M every ol? er nnd
yrlvate of Troop C, the new cavalry organization of
I'.rookivn. will lie fully uniformed Tbe command
f-iined out on Friday night for drill and instruction,
the first platoon at t)M Bedford-ave Hiding Acad?
emy, mounted, and the- second at the armorv, dis?
mounted. Every member was measured for his ??in?
form. A meeting Of the iroop Is to be held at the
North Portland-ave armory on the evening of Jan?
uary fi, when many matters of importance will be
l-roucht tip for discussion. First Lieutenant .lohn \
Anderson, of the 13th R?giment, has been detailed
for duty with the troop until lieutenants are elected.
In all probability when an election is ordered for
additional officers Lieutenant Anderson will be se?
lected as Major Clayton's first assistant
The Rev. Dr. A. .1 F. Behrends. the newly elected
chaplain of the 13th Regiment, was Introduced to the
members ol the command at the Sumner-av. ar?
mory on Thursday nlghl lasi by Colon.-! William L.
WatSOU at the conclusion of the drill preparatory
to the review of the regiment by Mayo!-?-lect Fred
er'f-k W. Wurster to-night, '"haplaln Behrend? said
that although he had l>een called th? '?atllng gun
?? 1 th? hghtlng preacher, he was. and always would
i.e. a man, of peace. He su-id lie was gl.'.d to kXB?a
m> m'^-r of the 13th Regimen!, and would do his t|t
? -? ? ? till ti.? position of chaplain as ai.iy aa hla
?i .i-. 'i'hrec cheers ware given foi th new
? ' ?| lain.
Arrangements are under wav for a contest nt
Hartford, Conn., on February ?r? between the f?cond
Signal Corps of Brooklyn and the Brigade Corpa of
?ctlcut The opposing teams will consist of
men ?a h The Brooklyn corps has twice
defeated the Connecticut men, and the next contest
bMa fair to be a lively one. The members of the
four v-Mons of the Connecticut corps will meet In
the morning of Washington's Birthday and com?
pete for places on the I'am. Tbe interstate contest
v.ll take pla-e In tlie afternoon, and tlie heliograph*
m I 'lavs will be used in sending and receiving mes
- . in the ?ventai the members of both corps ;
?ill unite in giving a public exhibition and drill, to
b? followed h> -? ?linner provided by the Connecticut
men
Civil officers were elected on Friday evening by -
"- i mcil of ofBoore of the nth Regiment. Under
the code Colonel Han y w. Mtahell was elected prest
deal .lohn (I. Jennings was elected secretary com?
missary; Captain John F. Cur: oil. financial secre
tary; -Major Bennett H. Tobey. treasurer. Bleuten
ant-Colonel Adolph L. Kline. Captains Thomas II
Avery and Charlea A Andrews, and Quartermaster
Frederick L\ Bhlpnan w?ar? appointed ?lelegatea to
the National Guard Convention, lo lie held at Albany
January 15. ... ....
It wa's expected that Die n-w armory of the Htn
Regiment, which has been occupied by that com?
mand since August last, would be formally turned
over to colonel Michel] early In January, but be
CaitM of th? failure Of the Board of Supervisors to
th. necessary furniture for the oinceis
room? this ceremony has been postponed until a
? v.- .?a,e it will probably take place some time in
the latter part of January or early in 1-ebr larv
There will be a drill of the first battalion on Thurs?
day n'ght, and of the second battalion on lrlday
"there will be a review of the 23d BegJgsggital the
armory on Saturday evening next. J^J^A?Lf"1 !
i- in ?he nature of s reception to liayo'Wurster.
and th? long-service decorations of the State will lie
presented.to the veterans of the command. Com ;
mi.sarv Voaa has decided to resign his place on < ol- ,
The^nnhuarda|?ner Of the 17th Regiment Veteran
Association Will be held at the Hanover Ctab on
January 1?. Mayor Wureter will be one of the
THE INSTITI.'TK? PROGRAM.MK
Tbe following Is the programme of lectures to he
given thai week in th. Brooklyn Institute
Mondar 4 p m. la the Art Building-Last lecture
In th?e^cj/seon "The Great Masters of be ??!"?'?
?anee.- bv Professor W. H Good/ear eubJeet. The
Bctactlcaof the Renaissance": . 1 P- ??iJVfiL?E
Building Stewart Culln. curator of the 1'ennsvi
vsniaMuseum on "The Museum of Archaeology
of the university of Pennsylvania A,v\^ f"
F.dton-st Dr. Smith Ely Jefilffe. ^^?2*3
"The Evolution of Isryopnjrtee: HopaUoaa ami
MTtj?odsv 4 n m In the Art Building Le.ture
readtagsV.y Mr? Emily Shaw Forman, of W.'Hr-slev,
-Mass "' m in the Art Building, Professor L Iv
yw, zj*? ?ts??: rrz.Viin?esi.L.nt
"liarla ??Viarmo of Swanbmore- i'ollege. on '1 he
TUi?y*?TApperception and it? Application to Bdu
?atlon":?8 p"m in the Art Bnlbling the- Rev:. l)r
William Kliot tlrilfis. of Ithaca. OS The La.ly
'Al ?Xn ta Ihe Art Ilulldiii...^^
"ng. by Mrs Emily Shaw Eornssn, on The ? unen
?f Browning": h P- m . In the Art. Bi? Ming, PTore?
?or M. a Rupln. ??f Ce>lumbla i^llege on Kle.-ttl
'Hi Resonance and Alternating ?urr??t
?Saiurday. H):?> ?? m. It. the Ai t BUI "'"g ?', !","
Sarah L Arnold. Supervisor of Schools. B.jston.
MaJ on ^What Language Lesson? Should b?
Taught Before Grammar' * ?? m-in the Art I u!.0
?^redLrVSj;r'H^--'Hv?--:r
?day evening. January j^Jf^^
Ihrea by Professor Josiah Royce, of MrrtrtUB?
?rsiiv The subject will be. "Some Recent Phase?
^f I'ldP.sophy a? Bearing I pon rhe>n..
?benerf in Jenuary ?, when H?e su??;ec. will b^ he
'unctfcns and Elements of Money.
CHILDREN HAD A FINK TIME.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT T1IK RIDING
AND DRIVING CLUR
IHK CLUB'S I.ITTI.K EMENDS KECEIVE GIFTS,
? ;i\ 1 gOMI l ink BXHIBtTK>HI OF PAMCt
BlOtira AM? AUK WATCHED BY
interested spectators.
The Brooklyn Hiding and Driving Club's holiday
entertainment, exclusively for the Children of the
Club members, on Saturday afternoon, was a pro?
nounced success. The clubhouse was nearly tilled
at 2 o'clock, when the exercises began. When the
music struck up. the children who were large
enough to rtde appeared In the arena. At ItSS,
Old Beata, mounted on a white horse, made his
appearaBCC at the gate. He was dressed in a bright
red suit, trimmed with gold, and his white hair ami
beard covered his shoulders and breast, lie was
greeted With shouts from the delighted little folks.
Me ni:l bis horse were trlmnml With hells, which
jingled musically as he caatered over the tanbsrk,
In lils aims were great bundles of presents, and he
was follow?.] by bundle-laden attendants around
tha ting. The big-heart? d little old gentleman got
rlil of all his- candy boxes, and then carefully
watched the horseback Ming Of his small friends,
reerardlag the more skilful of them with neat pins.
Those thus favoreil were Ihe Misses Pratt, Kennedy.
Coffin, Kldrldge, Bedford, Conklin. Dltmas, Pren
ti.'e. Zimmerman, and Master? Dykman, ('anils,
Pratt, Candas, LttehfloM and Peabody.
After the presentation Captain del Bosco rode
Mi Bosnian's Bonaparte, recently purchased ?.'ter
belli?, exhibited by his owner. Isaac Strauss, a? the
Madison Square ??arden horse show. He was mad?
to trot, canter, passage, passags tro?, (tas-age gal?
lop riKlit and h!' gallop, gallop a tempo, march in
time with th?- music, Spanish trol in lime with the
mnsi, atui boW at the close, Bonaparte m;.de an
exceedingly handsome appearance.
TI:. n follow? d hurdle-Jumping by the Misses Ken
msiv, Bedford, Conklln and Zimmerman, all im?l?u
thirteen years old The hurdles wer.- placed at two
feel six inches, and each ot the girls clei.red th>
bats three time* mound without disturbing a rail.
Little Miss Kennedy, mount?.! on Mrs. Prank
Heard'* Perfection, gave an unusual exhibition ut
the hurdles Thi bus ?rere advanced to fo.fr feet,
four fee; -!\ Inches, and Mi ally to the five foot mark.
Miss Kennbdy cleared them with the utmosi .-as
Perfection seemed to nave a clear twelve Inches of
space between bis feel end the rails. Prank Beard.
who saw tlie performance, said he believed thai
wiiii Perfection In condition, Miss Kennedy could
1 eat the world'? record made by a Woman.
Miss (Hace Know!ton gave a mo?; graceful ?-x
hi! Itlon of riding. Th. entertainment was cut,eluded
with i gcn-Tal music nd* by about tiftv sdull mem?
bers of the club.
Amotiis those pr?sent were Mayor Schieren. Mr.
??ni Mrs. William N. Dvkman, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
de Beldlng. J. A. Ayrss, Miss Ayres, Mr. and Mrs.
Bturgi? Coffin, Misa coffin, Mr, and Mrs. Krank
H.-aid. James Turner, .lohn Arbuckle, Mr. and Mrs.
E. Prltchsrd, Captain and Mrs. Csndee, Colonel and
Mrs. Mlddleton, Mr. and Mrs. p, k. Hodge, Reuben
Dam,-Is. Mr. and Miss Hurtls. Mr and Mrs. Burrls,
Mrs Dltmas, Mr. and Mrs. W W Alst. Mr. Pratt,
Miss Pratt, Mis* Knowlton, Mr. and Mrs. Lesen,
Mr. and Mrs. W. s. P. Prentice, Miss Prentice,
Georg? H. Premiss, Mr. LUchfleld, Mr. Calder, Mrs.
Nathan, the Mi?s?s Nathan, Mrs Rrnory N. Do* ms
and familv, (}. I.. COUttS and familv, Mr. and Mrs.
Prltchard, Miss Ella Knowlton. Miss Bherwell, Mr
end Mrs. Moore. Miss Moor., T. F. Miller. Prsncls
M. Pase. Mr. and Mrs. Matthlson, Mr. Cartiedge,
Mr Peabody, Mr. Hewitt, c. B. Brfdger, A. A.
Coster, Mr. and Mrs. Adlson, Miss Patterson, George
A. Jackson. Miss Jackson, Asa I. Dickinson. Mr.
Judson, Mr. and Mrs. Abertiethv, Miss Fitzgerald.
O. B. BurtOB, Miss Burton.
PREACHED HIS FAREWELL SERMON.
THE REV FRANCIS D. HOSK1KI TO LEAVE THE
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST.
JOHN, AT PORT HAMILTON.
The quaint old building of St. John's Protestant
Episcopal Church, at Fort Hamilton-ova and
NlBSty-nlOth-St., Hrooklyn, was decorated witii
Christmas holly yesterday, ar.il tha morning service
uf the last Sunday of the year wai marked by the
?arewp?l sermon of the rector, the Rev. Francis D.
Hosklns. who lias officiated trier.? for three and a
half year?. The retiring rector preached an appro?
pri?t* sermon. In the course of hi? remarks Mr.
UoskltiB spoke of St. Paul's farewell sermon to
his disciples, in which he refers to the word of
gra e as developing character. "Standing here to?
day." said tie preacher, "what better can I say
than that I pray for you? Tlie Church stands a? a
lighthous? for society at large, and the parisli is a
church family. The personal life is most important,
and Is to be ministered to by worship, by instruc?
tion and by suggestion. There must, therefore, be
THE REV. PRANCIS D. HOPKINS,
personal attendance at church ?ervlce, Tha eoa?
gregatlufial life should also b? Considered, and
much good la accomplished in the Sunday-school
and guilds which are fountains of charities. There
Is a duty we owe to the world, and we should
recognize t.ie larger Whole?tha Church The ?hums
especially needed hero are numbers and Strength of
purse, but it must not end bore; there must be
spiritual growth as well. I commend you not to
earthly conditions, not to chance, but to the loving
Father, to the Great Head, to the Spirit who Is in
the churches. For your part, be faithful In wor?
ship ami In service. He united, fur there Is but
one Lord. He helpful, and reflect the love of Christ."
After the service the parishioner? expressed the r
deep regret at losing their rector, and Mr. Hosklns
carries with him a host of good wlsies to hi* ni w
post as secretary of the Society for the Increase
of the Ministry, with Offices at Hartford, Conn. Mr.
Hosklns was born In Philadelphia, and is a gradu?
ate of the University of Pennsylvania; he was grad?
uated from t'fie Theological Seminary uT Virginia In
litjl, and among his classmates th-re was the late
Rev. Dr. Stephen ii. Tyng, formerly rector of
Holy Trinity Church. Mr. Hosklns has been in the
ministry for more than thirty years, havln?; had
the following charges. Lancaster. Pean.; Klmira,
N. T.. for fourteen years; warden of Beabury Divin?
ity .School at Farlhauit, Minn.. 1?r four years
Bishop Littlejohn yesterday afternoon adminis?
tered the sacrament of confirmation. Ti'ie officer?
of tlie church are: Wardens, Francis Hopkins and
John F. Mayou; vestrymen, Colonel M. 1'. Miller
and Colonel Ixjomls L. Langdon; adjutant, John
W. White. Charles Doyle und Joseph l.ake.
KICKING AGAINST THE SPEED LIMIT.
JUDOS (TI.1.KN HEARS ARGUMENTS ON THE
EI?HT-MILES-AN HOCK ORDINANCE.
Judge culleii, of the Supreme Court, last Satur?
day afternoon beard the concluding arguments In
the suit brought by the Hrooklyn Helghta Railroad
Company to restrain the city of Hrooklyn from en?
forcing Ihe speed limit ordinance passed last spring
by the Common Council. S S Whit.-house and AI
inet F. Jenks represent lug the railroad company
and Corporation Counsel McDonald the city.
At the end of the argument Judge Culleii said
that under the proofs In the case It appeared that
the eight-mil? limit was it reasonable one, and thai
the Aldermen ha<l power to provide Its requirement.
Hut be thought some Indiscrimination had been
s iowri as tO the territory covered by tlie six-mile
limitation While It might be just and proper to
have such a limitation on certain sections of Hroad
way Pultoa-st and Myrtle-avs., when- the traffic
was heavy, vet there were streefs within the terri?
tory where ?o such trarhY ex.ste.l and no different
Condition? Obtained than were to b? found in the
eight-mil? limitation territory.
Th?- ?ase Will not be decided until next week. This
morning counsel will submit some additional refer?
ence* n
DAVID [M DEAD
David Lee. a typefounder, and one of the leading
employes of A. D Fanner & Son. of Nos. U and ?
Heeknian-st., New-York Cliy. died last Frbluy night
at his home. No. 117 Park-ave . Hrooklyn
Mr. Le? was born in Montrose, Hcotland, on Oc?
tober 2. IMa? und learned bis tiHde In Edinburgh, lie
was .an experienced typefounder, when, at ti.e age
of tblrtv-tive years, he came to this country. Hooii
? ft erward be was employed by Farmer & Sol, w.lh
whom he remained until bis ?bath Ever since he
iVmiJ been In this country Mr. Lee had been a stalwart
iteiiubl'caii For a long lime he had been a mem
i,?r of the Twentieth Ward Republican organiza?
tion in Hrooklyn, and bad b?;eii a leading member
?i hi, district organization. He bad be.-n urged to
r,.n for a political office, but steadfastly declined to
toso He was a well-known member of St. Mark'a
I'rotestaiit BplSCOPSjl chut? h. and belonged to the
Tvi'iefounders' Protective Union A widow, one son
?nit three daughters survive I,Im His ?lea:b was
??used by bear? failure. The fun? ral will take p.a. c
this afternoon; burial will ba at Greenwood.
FLYNNtS EXTKNSIVK PLANS.
BIS TROLLET COMPANY INTENDS TO
ENCIRCLE THE COUNTY.
i
AN lN.M'NiTKlN AUA1NST NASSAU LINK TRACKI
IN AVENUS M A SMALL Sgt'AltKI.K
iNlii'LY HAONlPnO.
Judge Bdgar M. Cuiten, of the Sin reme Court, on
Baturday night granted nn Injunction restraining
the Nassau Electric Railway Company from laying
tracks in Avenue N. Tbe application for the In?
junction was made by James A. Patrick, the at?
torney of John C. Bergen, of Flatlands, wlio owns
real estate on tiie line <if the propoaed route lo
Bergen Beach.
The bearing of argument on the injunction will
taki- place on January I. lost Saturday the rival
trolley companies, the Brooklyn Heights Company
and the Nassau Company, had gangs of men Woik
; ing la Flatlands. The men of the first-named
entnpany were mostly irishmen; those of the Nassau
Company were Italians, sixty or seventy of them,
who w? re sent to Avenue N, three blocks In ym I
Kings Highway, wnich is the Plabuah-ev?, ter?
mums of the Brooklyn City !t.?i i n i nys:em. P,
!i. Plyan'a read desbrea to nul;- conasctlon between
Bergen Beach and the line in Ocean-ave., and
claim? recent franchise rights. On the other lian I,
the Brooklyn City road has a fran?aise lor Av-ti.ie
\, connecting with Platbuah-aV?., WMofc is abOUl
inree >ears old Avenu? N Is not ?Ut through, and
is real?y a stretch of cross co'intry reaching, for
a'i oil |W0 miles, from Fla!!ius'u-a .<-. lo Berg.-n
Beach.
Bom ganga of men were al Avenue N yesterdsy
alwut the ?am? time, and Fl> tin's men began to
clear av^av some bruahWOOd ani CabbSg?? at
Avenu? N and Platbueb-ave. Italy workmen of
the Brooklyn Height? Railroad Company ?oon
: came up, ani ?o did lohn an.l William Matthew?.
I lllgbwaj Commissioner* or Fiatiarsts. "Sosa
Cufllck, in charge of the Brooklyn Heights men.
! Nuid they bad cune out there to lay tracks und
. meant to do It. After soma conversation betwaan
, .in- leju-rs of ihe two gangs tbe Italians shouldered
their toois and went peaceably to a place a mile
away aber? the) neat lo work ta ge; the con?
nection to Ocean-ave. Th? Nassau workmen :'-.-l
; made a mlstak? in going to n.e wrong pi.? ?? to
' work. All this was magnified into an incipient
rloi in one or tiie Brooklyn papers. Several of
? fleers of tbe rival compa??a? told ? Tribune re
? p..i ter tha: there bad been no trouble at all.
Hlghaay Commissioner William Matth-ws 1?
quoted as saying that the sympathy of the people
, of Flatlands is largely in favor of the Brooklyn
: L'lty road.
The foreman in ? barge of the Flynn workmen
Bal i that the Nassau Company's road from Bergen
? Beach woul! not interfere with mat of tne Brooklyn
City lin.-, except at tlie junction of Flatbuab-sve.
in I Avenue N. Where it would be necessary t.?
cross the track <>? the Brooklyn City road in older
to gel connection with Ocean-ave. lie also sail
? :hat It was the intention of Mr. Flynn to encircle
i the county completely with an electric railway.
? ?
ATHLETES BURNED OUT.
. Tin-: HOME OP THK KATION A I, ATHLETIC CLUB
DESTROTEO - ADJOININO DWELL?
ING! IK DANOER
Fire completely destroyed the clubhouae of the
National Athletic Cub, at Nos. 11 and IS Cedar II .
' at an early hour yesterday morning. The building
? was a frame structure, and stood In the centre of a
? block of frame dwellingc. It was two stories high,
i with a frontage of fifty feet and a depth of eighty
j frei. Tiie gymnasium was in the front part of the
I building, and the dressing and ba:h rooms In the
I rear. The furnace used to heat the building was In
i the dressing ar,J bath rooms. A hot fire was k-?pt
In the furnace Saturday night on account of Several
I boxing bouts held in the buI'.JIng by the club, it
wa* 1 o'clock yesterJay morning when the plac- was
cleared an?! locke! up for the remainder of the
night. An hour later flame* were dl?cov?ered In the
building and an alarm was cent In. By tha
time the Bremen .irrived the Interior ?jf the plac?
was a mas? of llamea and tne tanement-h ?use No. I,
owned by A. II. Smith and occupied by sis ?amibe-,
had caught the. The flame? also ammunicated ii
the f?ame dwelling No. ij, occupied by Mile* Hoi
brook and George E, Bydenburg, Great exdtemenl
followed among the tenante, who ran psnlc-atrtcken
to the ?tract. Three alarms were turned lu. and
after two hour?' hai.l lighting the tire was under
Control. The l.-i.-s to the club i- 01,000, while the tene?
ment was damaged to th.- extent of RAW. Ilolbnaok
gava his loss a? ?%M0 and Bydenburg KuO. The dub
wai ..ne of the moat prominent in Brooklyn, and
took possession of the building three years ??o. The
building was previously owned by tbe Cedar Street
Methodist Episcopal i'hur.-h before it consolidated
wiiii the i'ook Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
A TRIBUTK TO WILLIAM H. WILLIAMS.
'iHE BROOKLYN YOUXtJ REPCSUCAN CLUB TO
RAtSI A PUNO POR Hirt WIDOW.
A commute? or th? Brooklyn foung Republican
Club h-ia been appointed for tlie purpose- of sol cit?
ing ?ubscrlptloim toward a memorial tund for tiie
benefit of Ike family of William H. Wlllium?, who
for four aucoaoalv? term? vas president of the
club and who died at Woodstock on August 14.
The committee is composed of ?'liarles A. Moore,
FrarJc P. Williams. Hiram It. Steele, Judson G.
Wall, Sylvester L. Woolhouie, William A. Towntr
and /.. Nelson Allen. About BLMI ha? already b.. n
subscribed by the friends of Mr Williams, who
was, it has appropriately bce.n said, 'as ?lose to
ideal citizenship as any man in Brooklyn."
Mr. Williams was a member of tlie hardware
firm of Van WaKoner & Williams, of No 14 War?
ren-si.. N?W-York, and lived a: No. S-'s ? arroll-st.,
Brooklyn. At the lime of hi- death he was presi?
dent of the Board of Rlectlon?, baring been one
of Mayor Schieren'? appointees. He wa ?. a!-.. ?
member of th? 1'nlon League, Hamilton aid Mon
tank clubs, and was president of th.- Hardware
club ol New-York, which collected a fund of $4.?mi
an 1 gave it to his wlduw.
Mrs. Williams, to whom the fund being raised
by th.- Brooklyn Young Republican Cluh will be
rfven, is .-? member of the well-known Bowen
family.
Charle? A. Moore, of the club's committee, said
yeaterday: "Mr. William?, before he ?led, met
some p-v.--.--s in business It seems ti'Ilng 'hat
thi? tribute of affection should 1*- paid to the mem?
ory of on.- whose sterling Integrity, lofty patriot?
ism, s-.v.-e; companionship and unsullied nubile ser?
vice have endeared blm lo the heart? of so many
lu the community"
THK BOT mam: a HARD PIOHT.
John Walsh, twelve years old. of No. II Hey ward?
st . was detected by Frederick Tamstiden. a night
watchman employed by John Probst's bread bakery,
I at No. B to 1"! Heyward at., rifling the money drawer
? of the office at midnight Saturday. The boy made
1 a <bs;.eta;.- resistance, an.l kicked and hit so hard
! that Tsmiuden had to reljx his grasp. Young
! Walsh then darted for a window, bat before be
could escape was sgaln grabbed and picked up
bodily and carried to the Sixteenth Preclncl station
b) tiie watchman. Al the station tbe boy told
the police that lie hid a companion, .lames Bren
nan. twelve rear? old Detective l>oian found
Hreiinan In a lodging-house at No. ?,?4 Bedford-ave.
Both boy? wer? arraigned yeaterday In the Leg
Avenue Police Court and remanded until today
for trial.
MAN AND MONK Y MISSINO.
.Tohn IfcEwlne, forty-one y.-ars old, lus b>-*n
missing from h!rf home. No. 17."> Puliski-st., sin.?
Thursday, and his friends fear that he has met foul
play. Yesterday his disappearance was reported to
the police of the Thirteenth Precinct. On the day
he le't his home he had 1290 which he Intended to
uaa in a bualneaa transaction. He wa? u nun of
steady habits, and in addition to the money had a
valuable diamond ?tud.
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fJATHKRED ABOUT THE TOWN
The Rev. .1. K. Carson preached the last In hi*
aerie? Of sermons on "Precious Kuggeta from Old
Mines" In the Central Presbyterian i'hurch last
evening. He gave to his hearers as iheir motto for
Iba HOW year tbe OUeetlon, "Is your heart right?"
.til preached a forceful and impressive sermon.
U s cloning m>-sage of the year was, lie ?aid, "If
you would bava a rUtht heart, you must mm to
.Jesu? Christ and seek for righteousness in Him "
The annual reception of the Central Young Hen'?
Christian Association of Brooklyn wi.l :al.e place
on January I, und Will be given for the young
m? n of the <-ity. There will be a carnival of ath
lettc and gymnastic gports in tha gymnasium, and
in the main hall of the building a reception, ai
which Mayor Wurster will preside.
Judge Henry A. Moore, w bo Is tying Critically ill
! at the Ciarendon Hotel, was feeling sIIkLHv bal
! last niiiht. fiener?! K. B. Fowl er. who Is Critically
i ill from a disease of the spiral cord, and whose
j body Is paralysed from the Shoulders down, was
' ?lightly unproved yeaterday, also.
Tho double-tenement flathouse No. 1h5 I'nlon-st.,
owned by .1. M. Plillllpa, of Hornesclie, N. I . was
partly burned at lO o'clock yesterday morning.
Although the houa? was occupied by lodger?, no
one wa? Injured The dumax.- to th? ?dothlrg ai ?'.
furniture of tlie tenants was m Bunt |4Jgt? i!i>- data
aga to the building, ti.'."
.lohn Qw!aa, a switchman of the Brooklyn
i Railroad Company, who lived at no Ml i/erao
i im- in,.I was station.?.I at M ddggb and W litan I I .
: >.?-?'? laj aftarnoas got on lop ?if a Qateg-aeo,
car lo adjust troll, y sires which had be.-oine ?lls
arraaged. He was ahocl:? ? by the ?lectrte currenl
and fall he?.lion? i.? Iba Itreel, i- < ring i com
pouad hractur? <.r the skuii n>- waa removed to
the Biooklvn City Hospiial. where lie died later.
AMONG tuf ?OTjLEQKB.
Johns Hopkins.
Baltimore. Dec. 29?President Oilman, of the
Johns Hopkins University, has issued his twentieth
I annual report. In It he summarizes the progress
I of th" university during the school year Which
I ended last term, stating that there were ml bach
ers and iisa students, ?Mo of whom came from
i Maryland, .1(?1 from thirty-eight other States and '?&
from foreign countries. During BlBcteoa years -.el?
students have been enroll d at the university, of
j whom 4M gained the degree af Bachelor al Arta aa :
? .''?S the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Th?' pre.-l
I ?lent makes mention of a number (lf gifts, inc u.i
; mg the oriental library of Professor August diii
! man, presented and pur? based by Q. W. flail, of
1 Baltimore; ? marble bust of Georga n. Calven,
?Secated by Hiidm PonV-rs. and iflven bv Mrs. Cj|
l vert; a bust of Hubert Ooodloe Harper, the Mary
! land statesman, given bv Mr?. John It ?. Lstrobe,
Who also presented a number or val lable v d?mes
? to the library.
CORNELL.
IthacJ, N. Y.. Dec, 2H. -Preside:,' S, iiur.nan and
; his familv oi ? spending the rocal on with r '
, In New-York
Arrangements have been completed for the or
ganhtatteo of an ar: ?ub early nest terns. The
purpose ,.f th? club wid be t-. stimul?t? Interest In
! art matters, and accordingly not only artists, but
also those who are Interested |n art. will he eligible
to membership. The constitution alsj provides for
, an associate membership, which will Includi ;. I -
I sons who may not be university students. Meet?
ings are to be held In Bluley College twic? a term
- l'lie c Mb will haw excellent opportunities foi si
?"|> ng reproductions of tlie works of the mj
; from New-York, and the subjects discussed at tm
meetings win be fully illustrate,!, in the spring
term there will be an exhibition.
I N. Nichols has resigned hi? position a? ,?--.
tanl librar?an, ami (j.-orge P. Danfotth. 'nv, ,.,?
be.ii appointed to succeed htm.
The Cornell Hrain Association is an organisation
whl.n has for its Object the study of ;?,e unman
brain. Dr. B. Q. Wilder h..s Issued an appeal to
the public.?on behalf of the asaocatlon, for tha
brain? of educated and moral persona for s.:?nt:iln
study, and he lias received eight brains, and for
mai beouests of the brslni of tw?nty-flv? living per.
sons. Among these bequests ar- tiiJf,. of the Rev
J bomas k. Brecher, of Klmlra. brother of th? late
Henry Ward Beecher, and of Mrs. McCfee daugh?
ter of the astronomer, Simon New com?..
TRINITY,
Hartford, c,? n? Dec. 29. - Th- Chrl?tma? vsostlon
'"??iin an Pridsy, December ?, and will end on
Tuesday, January ;,
The c.-ifalomie for ISJl-M, ??,;, n was recently
? Issued, show? an Increase over last year's list o?
undsrgradust? students. Th? number of men In
I the Arts course remains the same as las: year,
while the Scientific course ar,i Letters and Science
: show a de,-:.],..i gain. The Increase In the??
brauche? seem? t? ?how that the mm tt-talked-of
School of Technology would be a welcome ai.li
i tlon to the educational facilities of Trinity.
in the lasl ?jr th.- library lias received, either
[ by gift or purchase, an addition of .til volumes.
I Tlie most curious ~ift was a Blames? edition of
( the sacred writings of the Southern Buddhists, a
preaenl from the King of Mam, to commemorate
the tweaty-Sfth annlverssry of his accession to
the throne
The second Trinity germen took pis? ?? on Thurs?
day evening, December it?. In Alumni Hall, it was
le,i by Coggesball, '.?i. and Ferguson, Id, ami
was the largest of the term.
A committee, consisting u* Morris, 'sti. Leonard,
>;. fi?! Hayward, '97. has been appointed by the
Athletic Association to look after th? trophy-room.
A college meeting will be called directly after
the opening of college to arouse enthusiasm ami
to devise some means Of raising sufficient funds
for the Support of the track athletic team for 'fig.
The outlook for the coming season Is bright,
This year has brought in several good athletes.
who. In addition to last year's men. shoul.l make
up the best team that Trinity has ever put on tha
track.
Inder Dr Robb's supervision, the physical labora?
tory has been fitted out with new Instruments and
appliances of the most modern make. The gym?
nasium has recently been supplied with a quantity
of new apparatus During the vacation th? bowl
lag alleys, which have been neglected heretofore,
will be repaired and put in good condition for us?
when college reopens.
BTBACTSI t'NIVERSITY.
Syracuse, DeO. 8). Mrs J. H. Commons enter
taineii the young women of Kappa Kappa Qemms
Friday evening In honor of Miss Lore, of Cornell.
At the annual meeting of the Athletic Association
to elect managers for the coming year the following
were appointed: Manager of track athletics. W. D.
Alserver; of football, M. Osborne; of baseball, n.
II. Farmer.
Professor F. I, Holzwartli and C. W, Cabeen left
the city Wednesday to at'end tne annual meeting of '
tn.- Modem Language Association at Yale.
The Alpha Phi chapter-house is undergoing re
pairs The chapter hah is oem?, newly decorated,
and a large metnofjal window is being placad m the
north end
Professor N. Irving Hyatt has lately beet add* i
to the faculty of. the College of Flu- Arts. He
comes with an excellent reputation as a performer
on the piano, teacher, and composer, having studied
some time In Lelpslc under Renecke, Jodasohn.
Bwltier, and others. This addition has been deem.'I
necessary on account if the unususlly large num?
ber of musical students that entered college this
fall. Professor Hyatt will begin hi? work Wit? the
opening of toe term, January I.
TUFTS.
College mil. Maaa, Dec. is The trustees
of the college have elected the following of-!
ticers: President, .1. D w. Joy; vice-president,
Henry B, Metcslf; treasurer, Newton Talbo ; se .
retery, A. B, Mason,
Satniiel i' Bsrie, of Harvard, has been appointed :
assistant In English. Ha veil have, charge of the,
A::g o-Sax m branch.
Krank G. Wren, '94. has been elected president
of the Boston Alumni Association of Alpha Tau
Omega
The trustees have appointed Dr. Charles D.
Knowlton, demonstrator in anatomy; Dr. K. chan- ;
nlug Stowell. Instructor In children's . I sea se?, and
Maty K. Wellington, prospector of anatomy.
ROCHaYTBR.
Rochester, N. T., Dec. ^.-The lommltte? of the
Rochester chamber of Commerce, to whom the
matter of raising $1?wa??? for the I'nlverslty was
referred, ?e.ure.l pledges aggregating $Lt'.n>i In its
first ?lav's canvass. It is sanguine of the successful
Issue of its endeavors to retain Dr. Hill as th? head
of the Institution.
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A OOLLBQI DINNER IN LAKBWOOD.
Lakewood, Dae. M (Special).?Tie Society of i'n
terrifled Boneplcker?, compose.i of colleg? men who
annually spend the summer vacation In Hie White
Mountains, held their annual dinner las? night at
the Laurel In the Pine?, lu LskeWOOd. The table
decorations were elSbOTSt? and the menu card?
were unique. The officers Of the aoclety are: Pres?
ident l.efferts M Uastllell, Ml own. 17; Secretary.
Irving I. Boe, I'rlncet m, 't?; bouncers A. A. Come?
t?n, jr.. T'h Regiment N. ?',. v Y.. and '? B.
chauncev. Val.-, "PS: chorister, Clarence McKsnste,
N c N G. 'in. und truste? of archlvea and Itv?
stock W. T. Perry, Cornell, 'd.i. The other members
an- Archibald D. Davla, Princeton. '>>. lohn i.
Lockmsn, Yule, 'M; William B. F. Moore, Ya:- ....
Joseph i- Myers. Princeton, '??<? Frank l\ Palmer,
Columbia, '97, and William A. Playback, Colum?
bia, IS.
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COLUMBIA.
Two prizes, one of not less than tl.tkjO and the
other of not b-ss than MOO, will be awarded in 110?
to the authors of the best works on tlie history,
geography, archaeology, ethnology, philology or
numismatics of North America They are to be
Known us the Loubal prizes, and competition for
them will be open to all persons, whether citizens
of (lie l'nited States or of at.v other country.
For the purpose of the award the subjects Hamad
wl.l l>e divided into two groups, In which the awaid
will be made alternately. The Drst group Will con?
sist of history, geography and numismatics; the im.
ond or arrhaeologv, ethnology ?ml philology The
swards to be made In IM will be csaferred for
work? r-ia'itik: to subjects of the ?eoond unco
The conditions of competition are thai 'lo work
shall fall within the group of subjects designated
for th? current nulnquenn?sl period, and thai it be
published within the period that it be written by one
person ?but it embody the results of . nal In?
vestigation, uni thsl it be published In th? English
language a committee of sward, consisting of
three member-. w:ll be appointed at the beginning
ol each quinquennial period, a..;, vacancj which
n,:.. ... ein tin-ten: will be filled bj h committee
composed of th? presldenl of Columbia College and
the ?leans of the faculties of political aclence and
philosophy The Committee of A waul for IM con
sists of Professor II T. Peck, Columbia College,
chairmen; Profeesoi Denial <: Brinton. PnlversTty
of Pennsylvania, and W i McOee, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, d c All editions of the
successful work will bear on the title-page the
words: "Loubal Prise, Columbia College, In the
? 'itv of New-Toik "
'?in Columbia Colleg? lecture? in co-operation
with the Metropolitan Muaeum <?f Art win b<- eon
tinueii on Baturdai next.
The subject win be. "Th? Technique of Qreek
Painted Vases," ar.d Julius Sachs will deliver the
i,.,-. ??.
TBACHKKS' COLLBOB.
Tha denartaseat of ?cience at th.- Teachers' col
I.-?.- announces a course of free Isctttrs? on physics
a. I gaagraphy, ?apaclally lateaded for puhl'.i school
teachers, but Opas to all who ?are to attend them.
John F W.Midhull will |t*a OS Wednesday, from 4
to .*. o'clock, ten lectures upon the physics which
.- pi?SCtlbed for the aec.-.nd and third grade? >'r
tha giammar erhools of New-Y.uk City The east ???
for the aei ond grade, laoludtag IIVS Isetures, will
begin on January ?. and the cour a? (or tha third
grade, also five lectures, on January 15. The sub?
ject? will be Illustrated by experiments with slm
pl-- appliances, sm-a ss may be used In the ordi?
nary sehuolroom.
Richard B Dodge will give on Saturday morn?
ings, from 11 to ll o'clock, except that the first
lecture will be given from ll to !.. ten lectures upon
the geography which Is prescribed for the fourth
and tlfth gradea of the grammar school? of New
York City. Th- dati-s for the tlfth-graile lectures
w.u be January 11. 11 and sj, February i and I,
Those for the fourth-grada tacturea will be Febru?
ary 1". and 1? and March 7, 14 and '.'1. The lectures
will be Illustrated by lant.-rn slides, maps. etc.
T kits of admission are required, and may be pr?>
cured bv application to the registrar. In making
application for ticket? the subject and the grade
f..r which ticket? are iie?;re.i ?koold be stated.
A course of four lecture? to parents and others
will lie given by Miss Brooks, of the kindergarten
department, on Monday? at IM p. nt.. beginning
January ?!. The terms for the course will be JC. .
TO ESTABLISH \ TRUANT school.
A BCIl.DIXii TO SS PHKPARKI) FOR THK
PURPOSS AT (?NK-lll'NDltKD-AND
PIPTT-SSVSNTH-ST. AND
TH1RD-WK.
A truant ?chool is soon to he establish-.1 In this
??'.;v tor runaway lObOOl children, where their pro
; naltleg to "play hookey" will not only be of?
faotually chachad, bul arbora the) will at the same
time recive a good s.-i ool education, Including tne
beet of industrial training, in accotdaace with tha
provision? of the Compulsory Education la.v passed
by the .-'iate Legislature in IBM, the Board of Kd.i
cal ci has taken til? iiee-sary st*;.* to --taUli-"?i
such a ?chool at Oao-huadred-aad-Sfty-aeveath-et.
and Thlrd-av?. The only thing lacking for some
time luis been lie requisite funds. The Board oT
Estimate and Apportionment has just remedied tii<
difficulty by approprtatlag MMM ?o be used by the
Board of Klucation i'i fitting up th? building and
paying tea 'hers' salaries.
Tlie still, lure, a four-story brick building, was
. ally used for school purposes, but is now oc?
cupied bv sum- of the elty departments Ig the an?
nexed dlatrlct Work will be begun ?* soon us pee?
- n can !>e obtained, and It I* hoped that every?
thing will be In read!:; -s ?arty in Mar B, The
8 ipertatendent of School Buildings, c. B. J. Beyder.
int-nds thoroughly to overbsul t> plumbing and
pul in th* late?! ?anltary Improvements Tie build?
Ir.g will be equipped with dormitories, workshop.
ll tchen and recitation rooms. Th*re wlil b? ae
1 commodation? for about lw children.
The plan I? to combine ail the k.oo.1 points of the
reformatory, Industrial ?rd common public schools
?0 far as I? practicable In "ihe truant school."
None save incorrigible truants or children Irregular
In ai tendance, Insubordinate or disorderly will be
sent there, an! 'hen only upon comfflttmOBt by a
City Magistrate.
The culprits will be .,-lott ed. housed and provided
with proper Instiu-tlon. and as soon as they glv?
sutil.-lent evld ?nca that Ihey are ready to comply
with the. requirement? of the law voluntarily they
will be allowed to return to the public school in
their own district.
Here t of ote the truants have been brought befor?
a Ma lia trate, placed In a cell and later sent to som?
reformatory institution, wnere boy? of radically
i? tendencies arc detained. These young trn
ants, however, are nol criminal?, or even nt tessar?
ilV Vlcloua In li.eir tendencies, and tie new de
parture contemplate? nothing further than to mak?
them amenable to the demand? of public education,
H la also liop.-d that tlie scheme will tend to haw
terrent effect upon others of the youth of this
elty who have be.-n in the habit of ?letying both
the s ?icol authorities and their parents In absei.:
ing themselves from the schools?, as those who are
committed to the truant school will be there for
bard work, and not In any sens? for enjoyment.
FOR VIOLATING THK SUNDAY LAW.
A II.?i\Vi;il PKI.LEU AN!) TVv'U HIM. -POSTKM
IRftBSTBD IN THB T!'NDK.KI.01.\.
Pel -r Henares, thirty years old, a Qreek flower
padler, who lia? his stand in front or No. IA.9
BiXth-ave., was arrested yesterday morning for
selltag iwo bunches of violets for SI to a ?It'sen.
He was laken to .Irfferson Market Court and dis?
charged He returned to his stand, and a few
li i m lab-r was spen by Detective (Ml. of the
West Thtrtleth-et. station, to sell more floweis.
QUI rearreatad him. He was balled oui al the ?ia
tiori.
Harry E. Band?, t!ilr;y-one years 01.'. and Adolph
Wachenheiner, blll-poater? employed by the A ron
?on Brothers of thi BIJOU Theatre, w>re arrested
yeaterday afternoon for placing billboards adver?
tising the, theatre's performance In doors and win?
dow? In Broadway, between Thirty-sixth and Thir?
ty-seventh ?IS. Tney were balled oui by Albert
Aronaon, and will appear In Jefferson Market Court
this morning.
S7I.FI /? /" PLICATION OF din's.
"1 have learned something." said tlie bachelor,
"but tlie trouble |g I cannot make use of the
knowledge until next Peetmber. I aaapenad among
my Christmas gifis to receive a book which I had
bought not long before. So I took the second one
uack to ihe bookseller's and ggchanged It for an?
other volume which 1 wanted very much. I had I
told the giver of the duplication and lie, ?>f course, I
... ?ted thai I should make the exchange."
"I thus had selected by own gift, even If it was sent
by my friend, ani that called to mind how much
more ?atlafactory Christmas would be If one could
r.gulate tlie cholc? of presents male by h s friends
Not 10 mention the occasional articles which vio?
late good tas:e. there are others which, while beau?
tiful, or useful, or appropriate, are no; wan:-8 so
much as certain other article?. 1; ?truck me that
if this was my experience, it would also be 'tut of
others. Including the friends and relatiws to whom
1 sent annual token? of affection.
"Mv plan Is to send duplicates of what I know
mi friend? to possess. In cases where I have not
?elected an article which I have ;( pri le in giving.
As l keep my aye? open for Cblratmsa gifts all Ute
year round, ani sometimes make purchases of
them In the spring and summet, [ occasionally tin 1
books or oil b.ts which are better than anything
my friend? could pick out for themselves. of
course, that Is the hiyhest form of Christmas giving
ani I shouldn't s;op that. But In many cases. I
find it hard to make a cholc? and rtnally take some?
thing which I fee! has no Idea, back of It. Here
comva in my duplica'ion scheme. ! shall he careful
not to sen I a book which the receiver knows that
I know he lias. It will requite skill and < ar.-rul
observation, of course. Then after Christmas I
can say. I wot. bred ?f you had that book, and
w isn't sur*. As you already have It, of cour??
you mus- exchange tr for something you haven't
got.' And thus he can pick out Just what he
W JlltS "
??.,nie peopk would think this a cold-blooded I'^a
of Christmas.
' Till-: ORTHOPEDIC hospital.
The eighteenth annual report of the New-York
Orthopedic Dispensary and Hospital, which has re?
cently been Issued, isliows excellent progr?s?. I.ait
Ifgy the house No. Ill Baal Ktfty-nlnth-st.. adjoin?
ing the Institut?, waa purchased for fclu.iim). givatiy
Increaalng the h nattai faculties. The top floor of the
new addition his been converted Into a sun and
play room for the children. The other three stories
and basemen! are not yet available for hospitil
purposes, owing t?J lack of funds. The sum of J22,U"U
still remains to be paid on the new purcbase.
During ihe year ending September M ther? were
treated In the institution MH patienta. This la ?n
it: i. i?- of I per cent over ihe number treated bj
the pr,- e ling year. Of Ihe L'.tW.'l patients who applied
for treatment laal year IS? were cured, M were re?
lieved and discharged, "K were discharged for neg?
lect. IM were not treated and IS died. Four hun?
dred and tttty-one little cripples weie so far bene?
fited that they need no further care. There were
1T.M.?4 visit? mad? to the dispensary by tlie patients
under the car? of the Institute, an averag? of over
17 for each day ami USB Vtatta were made at the
home? of patient? bj the outdoor vtaltlng eurgaou,
.-v new operating room hais been given by J. 1'ler
p.int Morgan. The following persons endowed beds
,a?l year: Mrs Charlea B. Alexander. Mrs. N. a.
Baldwin, Mrs Simon Borg, Mrs. .lames a. H?rden
air?. K. Fulton ug. Mis. i igden GoeU-t Mi?'
Jame? T. Leavltt. .dis. c. v. B. Roosevelt and the
chll.ii-n of Mrs. Theodore Itoosevrlt.
I'KTKOI.KIM MvKWKT.
T.ie l(. tix>|i um narfcal laal waali wai quiet. Waste >,.r
m. i wtMthm permitted d?velop?MM ?rara t.., t,e kesi up
n-.- geld news was ??Importas!. Cbaeampttoa ami produc?
tion, u repnnwstH b) pipeline itatlatiYea, were nut far
aput. li.iiii jae.?ni Indlcu'liins only ? small reduction
?ill le ?bow? la lie! uto. k? f.s- Be. ember, but price* ha.?
i ii ?? I - ..-.n- a out lower. ?
Partial tiip.--iine returns are u roUow? tnmilgi? being
fn.ni Decent. ! I i ?l BblpaMSta li'. in December l to 2i
aad charter? from l?-,ember l t.. aa. larlualve);
Total bbU. Dally ave. Dec m
ll'irllil* . I.TllS.lilT ?S.'.-?l| mtgSi
i-eive-u-s.i.wt.tm gg.ite ?7.1111
I ... < receipt? . Tos??, ti.Ull i N34
? harter? .I.aas.m U n: gaagg
p. ill,,,! pet i ,|.-iitn . I -- 1 al T 7.*i.' a nail, n In barrel? ?ml
5 -?.'.. in bulk at Ne* V.irk. gustation* In i'MiU le j,i|..,
-. ? iwsis .". pulBta k)w?r. I.'orelan quutath?w w?ie
I. .1..t..il ?. I'. l'l'iT I pel Inip.iial ?cillun. Antwerp. IH",
i j-,. ? i-i l?"i kilo?; Br?1l? 7 mirk? |iei 5o bUok
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I DIVORCE Bl /'/ WITB I DEAD PLAINTIFF.
I'mm The ^an Francisca Bxamlaar.
Tiie Supreme ?'.mr: earns upon a eurloelty yester
da) In a ? as,, where ih<* lower ?oint h??! allowed an
administrator to be substituted for one or the par?
ties in a diverse suit, t-'iiomen Dietrich brought
suit aitaiiist Joeepa T. Dletrloh for divorce. Just
,n;.-: in? ludgmeni of divorce bad been enterad the
plaint.tf ?lied, making the divorce absolute, as it
would appear. Th? defendant. hOWeVOf, was not
pleased With the division Of properly and desired lo
continue th?> suit. It was then timt |b? name of the
administrator was substitute?! la the suit for the
lu m? Of Ihe dead Wile
.li.. defendant made a notion to varat? the judg
u ' m This mutinn was de;,led bv the lower rourt
uni .m appeal was taken. The Bupram? Court say?
that the death eurely ought to have ended the case.
It oe. I ne-, bowever. that the court below was right
m refusing to vaiate the judgment Divorce sulm
are stat.-d to i?e action? of a personal nature which
ceuse w ben one of the partln? dira
STOCK MARKET RECOVERS
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CONFIDENCE WOW I'Ii MAILS.
CONDITION OF THF FfclDKRAL TREASURY
-MONEY AND RAILROAD EARNINGS.
Sunday. December 20?p. m.
The receipts ?.f the l'nited States Treasury la?t
week amounted to HMk?tt, against $6,111.?71 tn
the previous week. Receipts from customs were
*ir.424..>22. from internal 1-avMtM IT.Witt and
fr.-tu miscellaneous sources $107.K*0. The receipts
for th? month to date SBtOUBl '.'> $24.014,013 and
the payment? $2.',300.000, maklriR the tax M of ex
P Mittlres over receipts f1,2SS,Mt, For the fiscal
year to date the recetpU ar. $1?;.", ?.'??15.129: expendi?
tures. $182.4451,443; the ex. ess of expenditures be
Ing $17.1^5.314. The weekly Treasury statement
showed a decresa? of $V?7.H4S In the available rash
balance and an iDCroaas .f H.S11.7M In the actual
? ?ash balance, which is rev xi:.".,!<.'>2,:tir-. The
Treaaury'a sel gold balance decreased W.IW.SH
Deposits in National banka decreased S14.S.."4S.
an?l minor llahllttlea decreased ILalMK The
Ti-asuiy's liability for the redemption of Na?
tional bank note? decreas?j $62,:i71. and .1 posits
of ?awful money ,.n this account now amount to
832.718.989 Treasury notes hreued under the law
?.f ix'jo t? the amount of 8983481 ?rare rvdaeuaed and
the amount of th-se n?.ies in clrculatl ui was in
. leased by thi-? sum to $H">.7?)9. J94.
?Subjoined I? Saturday's Tre.isury statement
compared with that of Decetnbertl:
H?, ?h,bei '-'i i.ober 39
iiold coin an.t I.ull
ii.ii. le?.?, i art n
eetas . $7'.' T.:i at i
U, 8. notfa. Ii>aa
.?rtlflcate? . 88.808,783
Nat. Oank iio'.ea. . ? 707 1?14
?Uva ?. -, , -nj
In ill inn. Icaa ????r
tiilca-r? . lt.Mi7.3Ta
??.?; lit.' :i:.7 IM
p.-.? KW :ti.i [.).?
., ."?.?. '71 IK
?'I .?naca.
iii.'.'.'ii.?fa
a taa.aat
14.007.991 las
?i?t ..?* o7J Dea
U.949.889 Dn
D
10SM
ii.v.? mo
us r.ia
I''J?7.??S
i <'?nii >n Treaa. .ttse.aoa ira
D-poaits in \a
ii..nai beaba.... n fag 831
? Avallabt? rash.8301..'0.1.228 820i I>7 ".7
Deduct tn ? n : l.a
btltttss . 2?W,4ii7i at.aai.iTI l?-- l.?3t*J9S
Actual .?ah bal MT4.SM.SU llTa.SU.aa3 lac HJll.TSt
HANK CONDITION! COMPARBO.
The stateniciK i f the associated banks r>uh
llshed veeterday ahoared a dacraaaa in th ? banks'
I cash holdings of IS.ltd tat), due to ? Idea in legal
! tatadera of J4,4:7.200 and ? b.ss in kantete <-f 1742,
, 3?)0. The K.ss in legal tendera reflects the out
j ward movement of gold. There was no ilgnlfl
cant movement in currency either to or front
this centre, and the only Important change front
tlie previous week's Statement was a heavy de?
crease In loans and deposits. The loan item
showed a loss of $ll,lS0.10i). making a total de
ereaac In loans since Sept.-nib-r I of Vi.473.30e,
while deposita were reduced by 118,201.500 i?? $501.
i>*D.:<00. ..?? a loss since September l of *73,*?H).ao*.
I The banka have lust in l.-xal tendera In the same
i period $4:l.4:iu,4'jO. The result of all the changea
In the we-k was a b.s.s of $1.14^,123 in the ?urplue
1 reserve, which n?jw s:a. Is at $15.9:i'J.67.'>, against
|St,14S,tcs on September 1. 83S.2S8.8C0 thla week
last year, IM.81i.lM in the correepondlng week
In 1 s??:-t. and $0.170,075 in the same week in 18*2.
The operations of the Sub-Treasury with the
batiks in th- week ended Friday night caused a
los-s to the bunks of $2,771,028.
The following are the changes for the corre?
sponding week of the three preceding years:
18*4- Loans decreased $.'?.6l!).2i)0; cash increaaed
$63.COO, deposits de-creased 8S,218,8O0, and surplus
reserve Increased 81.888,175. 1VJ3?Loans ls>
??teased 11.319,999; cash in? r.-ased $4,774.9od; ds
poatta increased 17,8*8.100, and aurplua risenra
increased 82.877,878. 1892?Loana decreased $468.
808; cash increased $717,HuO; deposita increased
I $219.300. and surplus reserve Increased $662,975.
The following table shows the bank holdings
on the respective dates:
n?., 20 (t.t, Dec 2fl 04. I>c 28. '?6.
I,..,:,? .U17. ?KSI '.Hin $4W2,04?.onn i)7?.?W?,5oe
Spe, ie . IV4.3IU.40il 7a.7?iu.??.??? n7.ii4.aoa
I Legal teiialera . lol.Pm.U'?,?? l?s.s.'il.l??j 74.OU7.aOS
l>?.l,..itt? .0<?>,4:t7.s ?? 54t?.:.'?tl I1?? &O1.088.S0S
Uirvuhmtloe . la.ltl.aHtO ll.2W4.70U Kt,n3s,7?*
The foltowtns shows the relation between the
total reserve an.l the- to:al deposit? of tb? respec?
tive ?iat.-s.
rjec. 8*. ''i Dae '-?'? '?'?? D**. 28. '?*,
Sp?cie .?IWl..lH).4?i? ?7.'..7'??.<?"0 *<'.7,ll4.*as
I^Sul lenJn, . IOI.10S.2iMI SS.S31.I00 74.ovT.aoa
Total reserv?-.aS9T.4S4.a00 91T2.Bai.T00 ?141,21*008
Re?..|\e le.|lll|eil
kca'n-t sapjalta 130,800.480 l8T.833.aBO 121 ?rest*
Surplus . |80,?lf>.I2o $35.2JK ???.<? $15.'J3t).?Ta
I'er.astege . e?l 31.4 ?3
The following table ahoam the percentage ot re
rerve held for each bank. It should be observed
that the National brnks are required to keep a
reserVa of '1'j p.-r c-nt an?l State batiks one of If
per cent:
Banlia. Loan?. Hpecl*. l.egala L)?p,*tU. P.?.
It N V .V U A 1'-' :::<o?.imi 1 .Vwmhxi l.~:*n?<0 II.MSi.OOO 38.4
U uf Man ?',.. .14.oS7.iKM l.2M?.oo<? '.'..V.m ??.?? 14 S4.'t,000 34.0
Me:, h Nat. h,714.7o?J 1.33S.700 .'..','?.7.m s.s71,000 31.3
M-.-liuti:, a' Nal >.,-,?jy.?MO 1 ?137 ?KXi 1 27?'. ??Ki 7 4-.-o.000 30.0
Hank ur Amer.17.733,000 ?.ol?"..???? 2.7.?2.*sl 2?'.'.ei?,a00 3T.8
l'li?nl-. Nat .. 4,ost,?ss? 27.'..U'Ki k:7.?hki .1 7.'m1,0U0 38.8
Naliuna! ?'!!> . ..22.14?! <?*? 8.021?.t?"0 4 'J^?"?i ::? n-.\000 41.0
Tla.le Nat... 1.1)04.200 1W4 ?kk.i 47.'i.lii?l .' o:l.l.?00 ??
?hemlcal Sai. .23.?if>:4.4<J" 3 l>3.l. loo 4 244.2."? 23 7KI.B00 84.9
Mer, Ii Kx Nm(.. 3.SIS.300 710'.I?? :t0.'.>'Ki 4 1170,300 84.S
UalUtlti Nj 11.077.WHI i.,1 ,:??i I i'lT 7'?' .". ??74.400 83.8
2O4.3O0 1 ., '4.300 3R.f
:',??'?..?. J .>'..!.000 30.9
rJ4.MM? l ..'ts.hOO 83.S
47s 7??> 2.?>!?*,TOO 38.0
211? .'a k i i -.?M, got? 38.9
?t H
M r, h <V TraJ . .
(Inamwleh
Laathar M Nut.
Sev-aU, Nat...
Itanii s of N Y
1 4>K''HKI 310 1?
2.BIO.O0O 11*1,01*1
1.042.1?KI i24.l**l
8.3I9.4U0 -'77.IKK)
1,040.900 27t?..-.?*?
I 4L'7,?**i 183,400
727.?UNI 2 IHK,T00 99.1
Am Kx w 24 41?i.i?o?i 1 I ?s.i**J 2.734.O0O 17 r, 12.000 39.1
7-,Kl i.i>>7.a0O94.a
2<i H4?;.4?iO (!41 7?K> 2,
.?v.'A".3.2i*i 1.oio.7?ki 2?:?i?k) :. <?'.4.700 34.a
?i 7:.? <?.o I :.?s L'.?i ;.tf. .-,?( 7122.30080.8
2.K72.400 7.37.(H>0 573.1**1 3.:i.'t?.300 31.*
12,220.000 1.3S0.UKI 1.I1.-.4 2>*l 12.7IV4.000 38.I
ti.238.;s*l ?.?l."..<Kin 7>?i.7'K) '.',',2,000 38.9
1 t'as 1.4?Ki ::i7 4?ki ?;sy 4iKi 2,.'??2.?00 38.?
.'. I17S.3?.?! r.N'i.ooo r.?ts.?**? .',4.140021.8
i3.?as.3?>j 4. i.".2.sou i.s3?.i?*j n.stia.ooo s3.a
? ','.?4.001) 28.0
304. ?00
r.44.7on
141. .VH)
47? 300
2M?. ?SM)
\at H of loi
Nat Biuadway
Mercantile Nj
Paclflc .
Nai M of llep
Cliathani Nai
Hejpl?'* . .
Nat ? ?.f N A
lliite ??'?' N?t
living Sat . . 2.S40,
Nat ?Itizenit . 2 c.'.:f 1?k.
Nassau . 8.388 :<<?>
Mar Se Kill Nat. 3.1*71 '.IKI
Nat Saos I I... 3 MW loo
t'..rn Kaetwas?
Cbntlaaetal Nj
Oriental,
Imp a Tr Nat. I!? MKi.<*K> 2. ?t.?**) 3..V..V???? 'Jo ?',27,0001
National l'uik.2?.742.!vco 3.711.!??? 4 ?HS..U10 2S.1??7.00039.W
Fast K Nat.... 1,124.?HI 117?*?? 32V?.t*s) 1.1 <44.000ST.t
1S'.'.-,4 3i*)'-'.f<? ?MK)2:?*l. 1?*? 1X.477.S00 3T.S
U.O.-.4.IKK? tl7:l.l?K) I.NI4.INK) ?.R71,000 38.{
:..'.???.???. Iii.'i.ikn) .',:?:.;???. u.VM.OOp 24.f
?732?.."? 4tH 2?K1 ?l!?4 41*? 4.171.24X? 3T.f
22.U02.&OO Sltf.S00 3.3SM.4ut) 1D.1MNI.00O 31 1
*. I.V.. >.k> 1 Mil ?am 225.???? S.NW.OOO 33.a
I.3HO loo 142 m?i p.-, ?mi 1,223.400 38.1
3.1177 ???? 4.V2.I?*? 4>3?*?> 3.410.000 37.9
2.NSH.4IK? MS.lllO 2?Kr;t?K) 3,ilS2.T00?j?a
2.h7:..,.'iki 314,C*i?i 377.4?k? 2.700.000 38.0
880 4<K?
31S.SO0 3 3.40.000 39.S
024,54)0 2 ?Uft.400 38.S
607.100 4 l.p.200 35.4
510.H?) 2'.?W,400 3T.1
7,744,1100 1.407.400 703.000 s ;:.2,400 38.9
4X44.200 ?10.50O r.??v7.*? 5 7S1.100 34-f
l.s?3.o?Ki im.'iuo 420.000 lt?78,000r
134.*
130.9
jiir"li Nai
?'entrai Nut .
Sccoltd Nat
Ninth Nat . .
Kirat Nat . .
Thli',1 Nat
N Y Na? Kx
Howerv .
N V i'o Nat.
(?er-Anier ...
( :i.im Nat . ..
Fifth Ave .
v;?ini:t'. Kx . . 3.710,501
Oartaanla . S.3B8,H0u .'.itniiN?
V S National ... ft.412,000 70S.OOO
Lincoln Nat . it.iivs ?ik. 028,300
? Jartlel.l Nat. . 4.S5T.000 SSI. 100
Filth Nat . l.ftOI.SOO 200.0011
14 .v-.'i .?v 1 4vt mk> i <.|.; ,?.. ni .?H,00038.1
2?kki 1.HKI..HIKI 7.1 ?1,000 38.9
0.335.7???
345.500
Mi of rl.e Mel.
W??t Sl.ie ...
arabos ral (fat ..
Sixth Na* .
Wetters Ksi
7.V. .??k? 3..-.43.00091.1
2??2.7'?i 4oin.S00 3at
312 ?K?) 5.'.'.1?.000 1ST
52?.2??? 7?*t.ano2D.a
5i)i,ooo r..4.v'. i??o3T.s
3I?3. !???? 1 7-... ton 34.3
??7rt.-.i?> Mil Mm 1.7?~t ?J?? >t :???.?'? 3T.T
37IHKK? -2JH?.i??t 2-?2.'??? 2 ?V. ??MISS.!
M i?. K24.U?. ik-,r. i??i il. .,(?:? .?*>24.?
74.?.?*?? 212.1??? 235 i*k? I :.2l..00O 20.4
(?7?.. I??) l..?4?.!K"i 1.575.41*1 O.312.T0O38.1
Firm Nat. Hkvti. .r..tI.v7.o:K? ?-Il .Hki .-,2.'. 4<k? 5 77.' 0?O 28.1
S,,i|.!iern Nat . 2.543.000 2M.:???? 2??1'??? 2 ? 't'?)228
National l'nlon. 7.042.0U? l.ol.t.7??? MS.??? 7 ?!>". 7<?? 23 8
I.ihertv Nat . l.7IS>.?i 42.'*?? 7IS.4<*> 1 :? i 100 SB 8
N Y l'r.i Es S 41.7 300 4'.e\t'.i?i mi.??*) 2.8" ???? 2? 0
Totals . . .47?i 4?J..V??II7.II4 2<??74 0D7.Si?),-ail d I 3SS9?S
The bank exchanges o* the New-Tor?: Clear?
ing House and the stock s.ibl at the N v-Yorh
Stock Kxchatige last week and for ti same
\ve.-k ?if the precedlnaj two year? com, are as
follow?:
F.x.liatigoa .
N ,. abaraa ??.iid
l>-. 30. '!?3 I)-- 38 "S4
.8l2S.l82.372 $423.*42.77l
1.437.778 580.357
28, '?ft.
t.ai.asA
IV>.000
. '.?1 aa
lorlty
i cent.
TllK MONETARY ilTUATIO.
Call money was hs Sigh as ?0 tier ?etr
low :ts :t per cent In tha week, but the
?.f loans were stade at between t> and l?t i
tf per cent being the general rate. Tbere was a
small demand for time contracts, nul all peri?
ods nileil at I per cent, while the same rate held
for all periods In the commercial paper mar?
ket. There was ultnost complete stagnation la
tiiis branch of the m >ney market. Non*? of th*
banks applied for t'l?-aritiK II..tue I.,at. e??rtlfl
ciites, and, aa far as i an be learned, rone of
Die banks require them. In Kngland tb? Bank
of Kngland ma?!.- no change m Its ti ?r.tmum
rate of discount, which remained at ! p'-r coat.
Discounts of sixty to ninety day bank hills In
London ruled at l'? per cent In Paris the Open
market rate was 2 per cent and tn Rer||a and
I Prank fort i\?ti per cent. The Hank of Bng
? land lost iI'44.iiimi bunion during the w.-k. aad
held at the close t'4S.t)32,321.
The foreign exchange market was s'r'.iig tha
I greater par: or the week, with Htt eas'er tea
dency toward the close. At one time rates for
actual business ran up to $1 >S'.*t$4 W% fo*
, long. $4 8a\ii$4 ?WV4 for short, and $4 Dl?YM W?4
, for ?-able transfers. Toward the clone of the
1 week theiv was a more ?-tiled feeling hi thg
I market and a better supply of commercial
bills, while a free crlerlng of bills agalnat go**i.
! shipments materially eaaed th.- market, cloa
| ing rat-s for actual buslnesa being as fo.lowa:
Ceaasa. l.ona Ulla. saaw? IjaBjaj
. .-.4.aUS?4.?0 4.87W4HM 4.1
5 17V,
DftV?
? 40^
SH-Tltnt .
Fraac? ...
H-lohioiiarW?
?l.iil.teia .
.nan warn.
satm
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
The Tribune has printed the gross earnlRS* *f
sixty-six ratlroada or system? for the aaeoad
week In December. Of these fifty-three ratura
j gains of ?mm.244, or 12.t per cent, and thine*?
: return losses of $?6.100. or 7.6 per cent? Tha